- -: Google's Greatest Weakness? Just Trust Us
June 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/19/Steven_Levy_Inside_Google Despite Google's massive size and seemingly-unassailable position, author Steven Levy suggests there are several issues that could prove to be weak spots for the internet giant. He argues that in addition to growing concerns ...
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- -: Wolfram Alpha: A Knowledge-Based Search Engine
June 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_information Wolfram Alpha executive director Luc Barthelet discusses how the search engine differs from Google. Barthelet compares Wolfram Alpha's knowledge-based system to interacting with the computer from Star Trek. ----- The Ideas ...
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- -: Communicating with Aliens: A Complicated Science
July 22, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/02/Martin_Rees_Lifes_Future_in_the_Cosmos Does intelligent life exist on other worlds? If so, how would we communicate with it? Astrophysicist Martin Rees discusses the complicated science of contacting extraterrestrial species. ----- President of the ...
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- -: Can Crowdsourcing Revive the Music Industry?
August 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/21/Crowdsourcing_How_Do_You_Engage_Those_on_the_Edge IDEO design director Tom Hulme describes how the music industry has turned to crowdsourcing, in the form of television shows like X Factor and American Idol, as a means to stay profitable despite rampa...
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Eli Pariser: Beware Online "Filter Bubbles"
March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Eli Pariser explains the social and moral implications of filter bubbles that the internet imposes on its users to automatically tailor-fit our searches and clicks without consent.
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Jill Tarter: Call to Join the SETI Search
February 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)In this illuminating talk, SETI Astronomer Jill Tarter asks us to join the SETI search. She talks about how SETI started and what their goals are. She asks for help from all of us with the search for intelligent extra-terrestrial life and for a change of perspective on SETI's vision.
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