Caught in the Pulpit: From Religion to Reason - A Play and Discussion
Exploring clergy's journey from belief to atheism through a play based on interviews, followed by a discussion on brain-mind mechanisms in religious belief and societal implications.
Consciousness in Biological and Artificial Brains
Exploration of consciousness in biological and artificial brains, discussing Integrated Information Theory and why digital systems may never truly experience consciousness like humans do.
The Information Edge: Creation in Life, the Economy, and the Universe - Lecture 1
Explore the Information Edge principle and its role in creation across the universe, from cosmic structures to economic systems, with MIT professor Seth Lloyd.
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace - The Future of Biological Intelligence
Explore the future of biological intelligence in a world of distributed machine intelligence and potential cultural mechanisms surpassing human analytical capabilities.
The Language Hoax: Debunking Linguistic Determinism
Debunking the myth that language shapes worldview, John McWhorter explores how this belief can lead to dangerous cultural assumptions and emphasizes our shared human experiences.
Smart Machines and What They Can Still Learn from People
Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus explores AI's progress, challenges, and potential lessons from human cognition, offering insights into the future of machine intelligence.
The Urban Species - How Domesticated Humans Evolved
Explore the evolutionary impact of urbanization on humans, comparing modern megacities to Neolithic settlements and examining potential future changes in our civilization.
Touching a Nerve: The Self as Brain
Explore the biological basis of consciousness, identity, and decision-making with neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland as she examines how brain activity shapes our thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
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.
Data, Algorithms, Justice and Fairness - Lecture 2
Exploring algorithmic fairness in justice systems: accuracy, data sources, and potential biases. Discusses AI decision-making, explainability, and societal implications of algorithms in criminal justice.
After Trump and Brexit: A New Economics - Towards a Sustainable and Just Global Future
Economists discuss a new economic paradigm for a sustainable and just global future, addressing the failures of unregulated profit pursuit and the rise of economic nationalism.
Symmetry and Collective Dynamics - Noether's Theorem and Conservation Laws
Explore Emmy Noether's theorem and its impact on theoretical physics, focusing on symmetry transformations and their role in expressing collective dynamics and conservation laws.
Technological Requirements for Sustaining Socio-ecosystems with Hyper-dense Humans
Exploring ecological theory to analyze human societies' energy use and density compared to other mammals, and modeling sustainable conditions for hyper-dense populations through green technologies.
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.
Research Problems in Blockchain and Ethereum
Explore cutting-edge research challenges in blockchain technology and Ethereum with insights from expert Virgil Griffith, delving into potential solutions and future developments.
Social and Economic Engineering - InterPlanetary Festival 2018
Explore social and economic engineering with experts discussing future challenges and opportunities in technology, society, and economics.
Time Design: Exploring Concepts of Time Across Disciplines - InterPlanetary Festival 2018
Explore time's multifaceted nature through biology, archaeology, and physics in this panel discussion featuring experts Stefani Crabtree, Martine Rothblatt, and Van Savage.
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.
Gene-Culture Co-Inheritance of Behavioral Traits: A Price Equation Approach
Explores gene-culture co-inheritance of behavioral traits using a Price equation model, examining how cultural selection can overcome genetic selection and modify genetic selection pressures for complex phenotypes like altruism.
Evolutionary Theory and Human Decision-Making: Reconciling Rationality with Biological Constraints
Exploring how evolutionary theory can explain human decision-making, challenging traditional views of rationality and offering insights into behavioral economics anomalies.
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.