lectures/ideas: 10/26/15

2015-10-26

The Magic of Bird Flight, David Lentink

source: Stanford 2015年10月22日
There’s so little we understand about how birds fly. Through incredible photography and observations in his lab’s wind tunnel, engineering professor David Lentink highlights rarely detected bird behavior. By studying nature, his lab seeks to build better drones.
Stanford+Connects: Washington, DC, September 26, 2015

RSA Replay: Optimism, Knowledge and the Future of Enlightenment

source: The RSA 2015年10月19日
Physicist David Deutsch and cosmologist Martin Rees lead a special event exploring the theme of optimism as a force for 21st century progress.

Austin Shaw: "Mindfulness and Creativity" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2015年10月21日
About this Talk:
Both mindfulness and creativity are currently two of the most celebrated words in the English language, the first enjoying a recent surge in popularity, the latter with a legacy far more enduring.

But what do these words actually mean? And how can we engage them as vehicles for enriching our own lives as well as the lives of all those around us?
Through his own experiences as a designer, teacher, and healer, and through his own 13 year journey as Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner, Austin Hill Shaw, will explore these topic in an in depth, highly engaging, highly interactive presentation.

About Austin
Austin Hill Shaw is founder of Creativity Matters and author of The Shoreline of Wonder: On Being Creative.
He works with individuals that want to unlock their full creative potential and organizations that want to develop cultures of innovation.

For more info visit http://austinhillshaw.com/

DNA | The Future Utility of DNA || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University 2015年10月23日
THE FUTURE UTILITY OF DNA SCIENCE
Moderator: Christine Seidman (00:44), Thomas W. Smith Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jacob Corn (2:41), Scientific Director, Innovative Genomics Initiative; Assistant Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Alison Murdoch (32:54), Professor of Reproductive Medicine and Head of Department, Institute of Genetic Medicine, International Fertility Centre for Life, Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Floyd Romesberg (59:45), Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute

AUDIENCE Q&A (1:27:35)

CLOSING REMARKS
Janet Rich-Edwards (1:38:24), Codirector of the Science Program, Radcliffe Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Alain Badiou. A History of Finitude and Infinity: Classicism. 2011

source: European Graduate School 2011年12月17日
http://www.egs.edu Alain Badiou, French philosopher, mathematician and author, talking about the classical vision of the relationship between the finite and infinite in Greek antiquity. In this lecture, Alain Badiou discusses the Greek conception of the One, apeiron, the Platonic Good, the One-All, being, existence, paganism and aesthetics in relationship to René Descartes, Georg Cantor, Plato, Aristotle, Blaise Pascal and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel focusing on being, existence, hubris, perfection, negativity, immortality, totality, cosmos, subjectivity, tragedy, possibility, life and death. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe. 2011. Alain Badiou.

Alain Badiou. Questions Concerning The Infinite. 2011

source: European Graduate School 2012年1月4日
http://www.egs.edu Alain Badiou, French philosopher, mathematician and author, answers students' questions on infinity. In this lecture, Alain Badiou discusses three historical sequences of the infinite, the philosophy of life, the dialectical relationship between infinity and finitude, distinctions between infinities and set theory in relationship to Plato, René Descartes, Georg Cantor, Baruch Spinoza, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, Karl Marx and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel focusing on hubris, science, Christianity, totality, God, capitalism, the One, void, being, existence, truth, subjectivity, dialectics, Greek tragedy, perfection and affirmation. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe. 2011. Alain Badiou.

Alain Badiou. A History of Finitude and Infinity: Romanticism and Modern... (2011)

source: European Graduate School 2011年12月17日
http://www.egs.edu Alain Badiou, French philosopher, mathematician and author, talking about the dialectical conception of the relationship between the finite and infinite in romanticism and modernity. In this lecture, Alain Badiou discusses the dialectical fusion of the One and the infinite, Christianity, God, the figure of Christ, truth, miracle and transcendental affirmation in relationship to René Descartes, Georg Cantor, Plato, Blaise Pascal and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel focusing on being, existence, truth, subjectivity, abstraction, miracle, possibility, the common measure and generating the new. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe. 2011. Alain Badiou.

Alain Badiou. Different Philosophical Orientations Toward The Infinite. ...(2011)

source: European Graduate School 2011年12月16日
http://www.egs.edu Alain Badiou, French philosopher, mathematician and author, talking about four different philosophical choices concerning infinity. In this lecture, Alain Badiou discusses the possibility to maintain or suppress the relationship between the One and infinite, pure multiplicity without an immanent or transcendent reference to the One, and the faithful subject in relationship to Plato, Georg Cantor, René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza, Friedrich Nietzsche and Gilles Deleuze focusing on nihilism, capitalism, the weak and poor god, nature, paganism, truth, life, affirmation and reactive subjectivity. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe. 2011. Alain Badiou.

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