The RSA (videos of May 2017)

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2:14 Jonathan Haidt on Why We’re Convinced We’re Right (and everyone else is wrong!) Are you trapped in an online echo chamber? Society is becoming ever more divided as we seek out information that reinforces our views – but how do we avoid ending up dogmatic and entrenched? Renown...
1:04:24 Snap Election Special | Miranda Green | RSA Replay And so the nation prepares to go to the polls, a mere two years and a month after the last general election. If the preliminary polling is accurate, Jeremy Corbyn will be leading Labour to its bigg...
2:47 5 Minute Life Lessons with Tiffany Dufu Watch this 5 Minute Life Lesson interview with proponent for the advancement of women and girls, Tiffany Dufu. These bite-sized interviews offer a backstage access insight into the thoughts of Tiff...
6:59 The Rise of Populism with Bill Emmott The traditional liberal democracies of the West are in decline, and divisive populist sentiment is on the rise. Former Economist editor-in-chief Bill Emmott explains that we have seen this phenomen...
59:30 Cities 3.0 | Alex Stephany | RSA Replay Modern cities are having to face up to a whole host of wicked problems like demographic change, inequality, housing shortages, homelessness, environmental degradation and access to public services....
1:04:32 Butterfly Politics | Catharine A. MacKinnon | RSA Replay Pioneering lawyer and activist for women’s rights Catharine A. MacKinnon argues that seemingly minor interventions in the legal realm can have a butterfly effect that generates major social and cul...
1:11:59 Good Work for All | Matthew Taylor I RSA Replay Globalization, de-industrialisation, automation - all have had a disruptive effect on traditional jobs and working practices in the UK in recent decades. What would it look like, and what might we ...
6:52 An Algorithm for Happiness with Mo Gawdat Mo Gawdat, Chief Business Officer at Google [X], having applied his superior skills of logic and problem solving to the issue of happiness, he proposed an algorithm based on an understanding of how...
1:05:53 RSA Replay: Populism and the Fate of the West | Bill Emmott | RSA Replay When faced with global instability and economic uncertainty, it is tempting for states to react by closing borders, hoarding wealth and solidifying power, and for citizens to look upon one another ...