PERIMETER INSTITUTE RECORDED SEMINAR ARCHIVE
 | Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline Speaker(s): Stewart Brand
Abstract: Three profound transformations are under way on Earth right now. Climate change is real and is pushing us toward managing the planet as a whole. Urbanization—half the world’s population now lives in cities, and eighty percent will by midcentury—is altering humanity’s land impact and wealth. ... read more
Date: 24/10/2009 - 4:00 pm
Collection: Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009
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 | The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Do We Still Believe in Science? Speaker(s): Neil Turok, Natalie Angier, Michael Griffin, Nadia El-Awady, Stewart Brand, Steve Paikin, Mike Lazaridis
Abstract: From the Enlightenment onward, science gained our trust and we followed its logic readily. But in an increasingly complex and skeptical world, will advancements in genetics, Artificial Intelligence, and countless other endeavours keep us believing, or will we lose the taste for a life shaped by scie... read more
Date: 23/10/2009 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009
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