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Shyam Sankar: The rise of human-computer cooperation |
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Brute computing force alone can't solve the world's problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends) is not a question of finding the right algorithm, but rather the right symbiotic relationship between comput...
Date: 2012-10-13 13:30:09
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Beth Noveck: Demand a more open-source government |
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What can governments learn from the open-data revolution? In this stirring talk, Beth Noveck, the former deputy CTO at the White House, shares a vision of practical openness -- connecting bureaucracies to citizens, sharing data, creating a truly participatory democracy. Imagine the "writable society...
Date: 2012-10-08 00:56:51
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Open Government Partnership |
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This video describing the work of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) featured during the panel discussion hosted by the Africa Governance Iniative (AGI) and USAID at Busan.
Date: 2012-10-07 22:54:28
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Curiosity with Stephen Hawking, Did God Create the Universe? |
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Amazing documentary hosted by Stephen Hawking asking the key question so many people have wondered since the beginning of mankind, does a "god" or a "celestial dictator" exist?? Stephen Hawking disects the science of the universe in answering this very fundamental question. Follow-up lecture by Lawr...
Date: 2012-10-07 13:33:57
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Charlie Rose - Stephen Hawking |
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Despite being almost completely paralyzed by ALS, Hawking remains one of the world's foremost theoretical physicists and has contributed greatly to our understanding of the universe.
Date: 2012-08-29 04:35:44
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Zimbardo shows how most evil comes from hierarchy |
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Stanford Prison Experiment. This is an excerpt of The Evilness of Power www.archive.org a documentary-montage I did in 2008 examining the effects of hierarchy on individuals, society and the world at large.
Date: 2012-08-26 21:55:00
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Being in the World - Documentary |
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A new film by Tao Ruspoli Once upon a time there was a world full of meaning, focused by exemplary figures in the form of gods and heroes, saints and sinners. How did we lose them, or, might they still be around, in the form of modern day masters, in fields like sports, music, craft and cooking. Are...
Date: 2012-08-26 16:04:48
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IBM Advances the Use of Light Instead of Wires for Chips |
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IBM researchers from the TJ Watson Research Center reached a significant milestone in the quest to send information between the "brains" on a chip using pulses of light through silicon instead of electrical signals on copper wires. The breakthrough -- a significant advancement in the field of "Silic...
Date: 2012-08-11 14:13:36
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Emergent Reality - The Sea of Organic Recursion |
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An insightful, inspirational and promotional video that expresses a fresh look at reality from an informational and emergent phenomena viewpoint. Inspired from scientists/authors as Seth Lloyd, Stuart A. Kauffman, Richard Feynman, Robert Wright, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, and Stephen Wolfram.
Date: 2012-08-11 14:02:56
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Ray Kurzweil on Robot Evolution |
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Just how near is the Singularity? According to Ray Kurzweil robot intelligence will surpass human intelligence by the year 2045. Futurist, inventor, and author of "The Singluarity is Near" Ray Kurzweil shares his theories and research regarding the exponential growth of technological and biological ...
Date: 2012-08-06 18:29:06
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Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence |
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Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.TEDTalks
Date: 2012-07-29 20:54:20
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The Uniqueness of Humans |
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On June 13, 2009, Robert Sapolsky, world renowned professor of neurology, neurological sciences, neurosurgery and biological sciences gave the class day lecture in association with commencement weekend 2009. Having been selected to talk by the Stanford University graduating class, Sapolsky spoke abo...
Date: 2012-07-29 17:09:32
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Epistemology |
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What is Epistemology? plato.stanford.edu Thales says Everything is Water en.wikipedia.org Anaximander says Everything is Air en.wikipedia.org Rene Descartes en.wikipedia.org Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth www.gutenberg.org Skepticism entry at the Stan...
Date: 2012-07-28 02:08:55
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