The Club of Rome and Limits to Growth - Achieving the Best Possible Future
Explore future challenges and solutions related to climate change and resource depletion. Learn about growth limits, their impacts, and potential regional initiatives for a sustainable future.
Conflict to Sustainable Development: The Complexities of Afghanistan's Future
Diplomat William Frej discusses new approaches to countering insurgency in Afghanistan, exploring how complexity science can guide policy decisions for sustainable development and positive change.
Lightning Research Talks - New Science and Horizons 2015
Lightning talks on diverse research topics including computational complexity, packing problems, social behavior, and ecological networks.
On Moral Progress - Is the Human Conscience Led by the Head or the Heart?
Explore the role of reason and emotion in moral progress with Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, examining historical advancements in human rights and societal ethics.
The Minds of Children - Understanding Infant Intelligence and Consciousness
Explore how children's prolonged dependency fosters unique human consciousness, learning abilities, and moral understanding, challenging traditional views on infant cognition and development.
The Unlikely Power of Uncertainty and Contradiction in Mathematics
Explore the power of uncertainty and contradiction in mathematics, and how these concepts can be applied to real-world situations, from disease modeling to political predictions.
Questioning the Science of Gender Difference - A New Perspective
Explores how cultural beliefs influence gender research, challenging long-held assumptions about biological differences between sexes and offering a fresh perspective on gender in society.
Quantifying Resilience in Complex Systems - From Humans to Ecosystems
Explore quantitative methods for measuring resilience in diverse systems, from ecosystems to human psychology, using critical slowing down and probabilistic approaches to understand tipping points and recovery.
InterPlanetary Festival - Opening Remarks and Sandbox Thinking Panel
Explore innovative sandboxes for thinking and playing, featuring insights from experts on creative problem-solving and interactive learning environments.
How Social Media Might Help You Survive the Next Big Disaster
Explore how social media and technology empower citizens to participate in disaster response, revolutionizing information sharing and emergency management during crises.
Complexity and the Future of Learning and Education
Explore principles of complexity in life, scale, and civilization, and their impact on future learning and education with experts from leading institutions.
Groundhog Day: Scientific Practice and Time Loops
Explore how "Groundhog Day" reflects scientific practice with Murray Gell-Mann and Danny Rubin. Gain insights into the film's connection to scientific inquiry and experimentation.
Parables from Complex Systems and Their Possible Meanings for Our Lives - Lecture 1
Explore complex systems through parables, uncovering insights into human life and society. Gain a unique perspective on interconnectedness and emergent behaviors in various systems.
Does Culture Evolve? - Challenging Evolutionary Theory in Historical Processes
Explore the concept of cultural evolution, its validity, and challenges in applying evolutionary theory to historical processes. Gain insights into anthropology and cultural change.
Scaling Science with Free and Open Cyberinfrastructure
Explore scaling scientific research using free, open cyberinfrastructure. Learn about data deluge, democratization of data, and advances in computational capabilities to unleash your inner data scientist.
Toward a New Understanding of Aging, Adaptation, and the Arrow of Time
Explore the interplay between biological aging, adaptation, and time through examples from physics research, aiming to identify pathways for healthy aging and formulate a new concept of complex time.
Criticality - A Balance Between Robustness and Adaptability
Explore the concept of criticality and its role in balancing robustness and adaptability in complex systems, offering insights into system behavior and optimization.
The Unequal Impact of Parenthood in Academia
Explore the disparate effects of parenthood on academic careers, examining gender inequalities and potential solutions for a more inclusive academic environment.
Quantifying Failure - Understanding Patterns and Predictors of Setbacks
Explore the science of failure and its quantification with Dashun Wang. Gain insights into measuring, understanding, and leveraging setbacks for future success in various fields.
Problems with Comparing Groups Using Instruments Designed for Only One
Explore challenges in cross-cultural comparisons using single-group instruments. Gain insights into methodological issues in anthropology and social sciences research.
Echo Chambers in Science
Explore the phenomenon of echo chambers in scientific research, examining their impact on knowledge dissemination and potential solutions for fostering diverse perspectives in academia.