TEDxPhilly - Amy Hillier - Mapping experiences and access to opportunity in cities
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A pressing issue for Amy Hillier: Why does the place of our birth and child rearing influence the amount of opportunities available to us as adults? Is there something we can do about this? If we could trace our experiences using modern mapping technologies - like GIS, GPS, LiDAR and others - to better understand our surroundings, our history an... Read more
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- -: TEDxPhilly - Amy Hillier - Mapping experiences and access to opportunity in cities
January 19, 2012 (over 12 years ago)A pressing issue for Amy Hillier: Why does the place of our birth and child rearing influence the amount of opportunities available to us as adults? Is there something we can do about this? If we could trace our experiences using modern mapping technologies - like GIS, GPS, LiDAR and others - to ...
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- -: TEDxGranta -- Ian Price -- The Cult of Busyness
April 12, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Ian Price is author of new business book "The Activity Illusion", and an experienced business leader turned business psychologist. Ian's talk shows how advances in communication technology have removed brakes on our availability, and how being visibly busy is becoming a status symbol. About TED...
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- -: Evan Williams on what's behind Twitter's explosive growth
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- -: Facebook's Changing Relationship
March 2, 2011 (about 13 years ago)The social networking site, Facebook, just updated its relationship status options, but few know that there are even more choices coming soon. Ellen revealed some of them today.
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- -: Marriage as a Status Symbol
May 5, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Changing_American_Family Sociology professor Andrew Cherlin examines the modern status of marriage in the U.S. as compared to other western countries. ----- The Changing American Family The writings of social scientists and their popularizers refle...
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- -: Will a Fear of Change Derail Healthcare Reform?
October 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/06/Uncommon_Knowledge_David_Brady_and_Daniel_Kessler Hoover fellows Daniel Kessler and David Brady speculate on Congress' reluctance to support President Obama's healthcare reform plan. They explain that in addition to uncertainties surrounding the effec...
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- -: John Perkins: Americans Voted for Change, Now What?
December 10, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/18/John_Perkins_How_to_Remake_the_Global_Economy John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, criticizes the lack of "change" he sees in the wake of Barack Obama's election, and calls on the American public to continue actively challenging...
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- -: Patti Smith Still Believes 'People Have the Power'
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- -: Are Human Rights Fundamental to Democracy? - Richard Harries
February 18, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/14/Richard_Harries_Does_God_Believe_in_Human_Rights Lord Richard Harries considers human rights a necessary measure to protect minorities from "the potential tyranny of the majority." "Human beings need to be protected from one another, hence we have the...
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- -: 'Little Brother' and What Orwell Got Wrong - Cory Doctorow
June 8, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/18/Cory_Doctorow_For_the_Win Boing Boing co-editor and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow explains the idea behind his novel Little Brother, which he describes as "related" to George Orwell's 1984 in that both explore similar themes of technology and control. A...
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