Entries Tagged 'People' ↓

Author Nicholas Carr in conversation with Google’s Peter Norvig.

Author David Kirkpatrick at Common Wealth Club California meet traces the story of the most powerful social networking tool of our day from its humble beginnings to its role as an international phenomenon. He is in conversation with TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus shows how the social business model can harness the entrepreneurial spirit to address global problems.

From TED Blog: “The founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard, describes its subculture, some of the Internet "memes" it has launched, and the incident in which its users managed a very public, precision hack of a mainstream media website. The talk raises questions about the power — and price — of anonymity.”

Open Culture informs about this video which has been synched with Philip Zimbardo’s lecture on Time Paradox.  Philip Zimbardo is a longtime Stanford psychology professor and well known for the famous Stanford Prison Experiment conducted in 1971. His book The Time Paradox(2008)  makes the intriguing case that each of us has a unique time personality. Some people tend to live hedonistically in the moment; others are fixated on past sorrows or future agendas. The book contains a quiz to determine your own time zone and suggestions for exploring its benefits and pitfalls—the goal being to help you make the most of the time you have. And do not forget to visit Open Culture – The best free cultural & educational media on the web

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