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Jeu de la Guerre: Revolution, Sieges, and Board Games
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/03/15/Revolutionary_War_Lecture_III_Victory_at_Yorktown Dr. Julia Osman, Professor of History at Mississippi State University, discusses France's proficiency at sieges during the American Revolution.Collected in foratv's videos Mar 30, 2012 -
Art in Science: How Innovative Images Led to a 'Miraculous' Revolution in Neurology
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/14/Carl_E_Schoonover_Portraits_of_the_Mind Carl Schoonover, author of Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century , describes the "miraculous" revolution that occurred in neural imaging during the late 19th century. Because of the work of two men, he explains, our image of the brain went from "the gross outer contour" to "a representation of objects residing inside of brain matter." ----- To open the exhibition, Neural ArchitecCollected in foratv's videos Jan 26, 2012 -
The Era of Entanglement: Humanity Is 'Back to the Jungle'
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/24/World_Changing_Ideas Danny Hillis, co-chairman of the technology and design firm Applied Minds, characterizes the present day as a "post-Enlightenment" point in time in which people no longer understand the technology that surrounds them. Branding it "the Entanglement Era," Hillis compares humanity's current relationship to the technological environment to its relationship to the natural environment, such as a jungle.Collected in foratv's videos Jan 12, 2012 -
The Wayback Machine: Preserving the History of Web Pages
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Brewster_Kahle_Universal_Access_to_All_Knowledge Founder Brewster Kahle discusses the inner workings of the Internet Archive's most famous service, the Wayback Machine. He explains that in addition to providing users a dose of nostalgia, it can also be used to prevent people from rewriting history.Collected in foratv's videos Dec 23, 2011 -
On Newt Gingrich and Palestinians, Joe Lieberman disagrees: "Palestinians are a people today"
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Responding to comments made by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich that there is no such thing as a Palestinian people, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor that the important point is that "Palestinians are a people today" and are a necessary part of the peace process.Collected in foratv's videos Dec 23, 2011 -
Richard Dawkins: Who Was the First Human?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 Biologist and author Richard Dawkins presents a thought experiment to explain human origins. Following each generation backwards across millions of years of evolution, Dawkins shows why no species -- including homo sapiens -- can truly be said to have a "first" ancestor.Collected in foratv's videos Oct 14, 2011 -
United States Constitution: Unrepresentative and Illegal?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/idea_festival_2011 Philosopher and democracy advocate Christopher Phillips examines the framing of the U.S. Constitution, which was technically drafted against the law of the land at the time, the Articles of Confederation, and without input from the citizens.Collected in foratv's videos Oct 5, 2011 -
Stanley Fish: Liberal Arts Ed. Needs No Justification
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chq_2011_video_sampler Stanley Fish, professor of law and humanities at Florida International University, rebuts arguments against the value of arts and humanities instruction in post-secondary educational institutions. "The demand for justification is always the demand that something be justified in terms not its own," he says, contending that the arts cannot be adequately explained in any terms but their own.Collected in foratv's videos Sep 7, 2011 -
The Confederacy Politics Behind the Slave Trade
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chq_2011_video_sampler Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Gordon Wood explains that while the end of the international slave trade is commonly viewed as the first step towards abolition, it actually served to bolster the domestic slave trade. Wood argues that the Confederacy included an embargo against international slave trading in its constitution, perhaps in a political move to pressure states into joining them.Collected in foratv's videos Aug 31, 2011 -
Is Society on the Verge of Collapse?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/07/25/Why_Cities_Grow_Corporations_Die_and_Life_Gets_Faster Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West discusses the implications of a society that defines success as perpetual exponential growth.Collected in foratv's videos Aug 10, 2011 -
Gayle King: 'The Night I Wore Oprah's Underwear'
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/92y_business_finance Gayle King, editor-at-large for O Magazine, tells the story of how her 30-year friendship with Oprah Winfrey began. King describes how she and Oprah bonded as young, single African American women while working at a Baltimore news station.Collected in foratv's videos Jun 24, 2011 -
Has the Industrial Age Finally Run Out of Gas?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_information Don Tapscott, author of Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World, argues that the hierarchical institutions of the industrial age are over, and that new models of participatory communication will usher in greater transparency and collaboration. ----- The Ideas Economy: Information is a fresh look at knowledge management for the information age.Collected in foratv's videos Jun 21, 2011 -
Drawing Inspiration: Balenciaga and Contemporary Art
Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/26/Balenciaga_and_Spain_Symposium Hamish Bowles, European editor-at-large of American Vogue, discusses the influence of abstract contemporary Spanish artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró, on the work of legendary fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. ----- The de Young Museum presents: Balenciaga and Spain Symposium.Collected in foratv's videos Jun 15, 2011 -
CBO Director: Past Budgets Can't Guide Country's Future
CBO chief Douglas Elmendorf argues that America can't keep revenues at their historical share of GDP, retain full entitlement programs for the elderly and keep the rest of the budget intact. Something's got to give.Collected in foratv's videos Jun 14, 2011 -
Twitter Co-Founder Had Idea at Age 8
Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_innovation Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chairman of Twitter, and CEO of Square, explains that he had the idea for Twitter when he was eight years old, and first outlined the communications platform when he was 14. His inspiration included police and fire dispatches and other inputs from city life.Collected in foratv's videos Jun 13, 2011 -
Cotton: The Future of American High Tech?
Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/wired_business_conference_2011 Planet Money host Adam Davidson reports on the surprising success of the cotton industry despite the economic recession. He says technological innovation makes cotton production so efficient in the United States, that we export cotton thread to China for the manufacture of clothing.Collected in foratv's videos May 16, 2011 -
How Can NASA Innovate?
Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_innovation Dr. Charles Camarda, senior advisor for innovation at NASA, explains the challenges of fostering new ideas in an organization where even small mistakes can lead to disaster.Collected in foratv's videos May 4, 2011 -
Did Geography Predetermine the Rise of the Western World?
Historian Ian Morris examines how the transatlantic trade economy and the geography of those trade routes led to mathematical breakthroughs in the 17th century. Morris argues that the advancement of mathematics caused a chain reaction of innovative thought that culminated in industrial and scientific revolutions across the British Empire.Collected in foratv's videos May 2, 2011 -
The iPad: Not Really That Magical
Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/92y_arts_entertainment Writers Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Gopnik discuss the various merits and shortcomings of Apple's iPad. Gopnik argues that the iPad actually seems like a precursor to the iPhone.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 19, 2011 -
What Drives Human Evolution and Innovation?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/22/Matt_Ridley_Deep_Optimism Matt Ridley, journalist and author of The Rational Optimist, examines the driving force behind human evolution and technological innovation, especially over the past 100,000 years. Ridley argues the answer lies in the development of exchange, or trade.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 13, 2011
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foratv Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/03/15/Revolution... Dr. Julia Osman, Professor of History at Mississippi State University, discusses France's proficiency at sieges during the American Revolution.
Mar 30, 2012