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- -: The Future of Journalism: Nonprofit?

April 25, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/10/Panel_The_State_of_Nonprofit_Investigative_Reporting Richard Tofel of ProPublica, discusses the future of nonprofit journalism in America and its dependence on philanthropic support. "Certain kinds of journalism are public goods, they're going to need...

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- -: The Key to Innovation? Asking the Right Questions

September 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/igniting_innovation Randy Komisar, partner at Kleiner Perkins, discusses the importance of intellectual honesty in creating a culture of innovation. He explains that being honest means admitting what you don't know, and admitting what you don't know a...

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- -: Investing: Is Apple More Valuable than Gold?

October 20, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/big_picture_conference_2011 Doug Kass, founder and president of Seabreeze Partners Management, argues that the value of gold is entirely "sentimental," and that he'd prefer to invest in a company that has a known value, like Apple. ----- Drawing upo...

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- -: Why Our Chimp-Like Brains Lose Money on the Stock Market

October 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/big_picture_conference_2011 Barry Ritholtz, author of Bailout Nation, describes one human tendency that can hinder successful stock trading: our preference for stories over data. When an analyst or CEO tells a convincing anecdote, he explains, stockho...

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Jason Styles: Gentrification

July 12, 1991 (almost 33 years ago)

Jason "Furious" Styles - Laurence Fishbourne - makes a street lecture on how gentrification happens in the black community in the 1991 crime film, Boyz n the Hood.

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Calvin Palmer Jr.: City Council Address

February 6, 2004 (about 20 years ago)

Calvin Palmer Jr. addresses the city councik about accepting change but declining to sell and denying the Quality Land Development the right to tear down the area for the sake of keeping the community intact.

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Yves Behar: Designing Objects that Tell Stories

February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)

Yves Behar tells different stories using the designs he made throughout his designing career.

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Source: TED

Taylor Mali: What Teachers Make

November 1, 2005 (over 18 years ago)

Taylor Mali delivers a poem in slam poetry style in response to someone asking him how much he makes (earns). The poem addresses teacher's value to society.

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Source: Taylor Mali

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