A New American Political System? (New York University)

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1:02:33 A New American Political System: The Role of Parties (and Third Parties) NYU School of Law, in cooperation with NYU Washington, DC and the Law School's Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic debuts the inaugural Sidley Austin Forum. This annual forum, supported by a...
57:15 Vice President Joe Biden: A New American Political System? Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the inaugural Sidley Austin Forum hosted by NYU School of Law at NYU Washington, DC.
In the wake of the 2016 elections, the program will address the ev...
50:01 A New American Political System? The Changing Role of the News and Social Media NYU School of Law, in cooperation with NYU Washington, DC and the Law School's Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, debuted the inaugural Sidley Austin Forum, on December 8, 2016. This annua...
46:56 A New American Political System? Closing Remarks NYU Sidley NYU School of Law, in cooperation with NYU Washington, DC and the Law School's Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, debuted the inaugural Sidley Austin Forum. This annual forum, supported by...
52:50 A New American Political System? Effect of Developments in Technology on Political Information NYU School of Law, in cooperation with NYU Washington, DC and the Law School's Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, debuted the inaugural Sidley Austin Forum. This annual forum, supported by...
43:09 A New American Political System? The State and Direction of Campaign Finance NYU School of Law, in cooperation with NYU Washington, DC and the Law School's Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, debuted the inaugural Sidley Austin Forum, on December 8, 2016. This annua...

2016: The Year in Review

source: The RSA    2016年12月30日
2016: The Year in Review. Conflict, refugee and migration crises, an extraordinary US election race - and result, and post-Brexit-vote tumult for the UK and the EU - 2016 has been a year of exceptional, world-changing events. Our group of expert reviewers – historian and author of The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan; academic and cultural critic Sarah Churchwell and political scientist Matthew Goodwin - reflect on what has been a turbulent year in national and international political, social and cultural events.
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An Ancient Ocean World from the Dawn of the Solar System - Carol Raymond, JPL

source: caltech   2017年1月3日
"Ceres: An Ancient Ocean World from the Dawn of the Solar System" - Carol Raymond, JPL Principal Scientist and Deputy Principal
Investigator of the Dawn Mission; Jakob van Zyl, JPL
Director for Solar System Exploration
Learn more about:
- Dawn Mission: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/
- 2016–17 Watson Lecture Series Season: https://www.caltech.edu/master-calend...
- This Lecture: https://www.caltech.edu/content/carol...
Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. ©2016 California Institute of Technology

The Future of Prediction by Andy Clark (The Chandaria Lectures 2016 | Lecture 3)

source: SchAdvStudy   2016年11月21日
25-10-2016 Institute of Philosophy
http://www.sas.ac.uk/
Institute: http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/
The Chandaria Lectures 2016
Lecture 3 - The Future of Prediction
Professor Andy Clark
(University of Edinburgh)
The Institute of Philosophy is delighted to announce that this year's Chandaria Lecture series will be given by Professor Andy Clark of the University of Edinburgh.

The ‘predictive processing’ framework shows great promise as a means of both understanding and integrating many of the core information processing strategies underlying perception, thought, and action. But this leaves many questions unanswered. What is the true scope of this story – can it really be a theory of ‘everything cognitive’? Is it falsifiable? Can a story that posits prediction error minimization as cognitive bedrock accommodate the undoubted attractions of novelty and exploration? What can it tell us about specifically human forms of thought and reason? And what, if anything, does it have to say about the nature and possibility of conscious experience itself?
Andy Clark was appointed to the Chair in Logic and Metaphysics at University of Edinburgh in 2004. Prior to that he had taught at the University of Glasgow, the University of Sussex, Washington University in St Louis, and Indiana University, Bloomington. He was Director of the Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Program at Washington University in St Louis, and Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University. His research interests include philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence, including robotics, artificial life, embodied cognition, and mind, technology and culture.

Prediction Machines by Andy Clark (The Chandaria Lectures 2016 | Lecture 1)

source: SchAdvStudy    2016年11月17日
18-10-2016 Institute of Philosophy
http://www.sas.ac.uk/
Institute: http://philosophy.sas.ac.uk/
The Chandaria Lectures 2016
Lecture 1 - Prediction Machines
Professor Andy Clark
(University of Edinburgh)
The Institute of Philosophy is delighted to announce that this year's Chandaria Lecture series will be given by Professor Andy Clark of the University of Edinburgh.

Biological brains are increasingly cast as 'prediction machines'; evolved organs forever trying to predict their own streams of incoming sensory stimulation. Rich, world-revealing perception only occurs, these stories suggest, when cascading neuronal activity is able to match the incoming sensory signal with a multi-level stream of apt 'top-down' predictions. This blurs the lines between perception, thought, and imagination, revealing them as inextricably tied together. In this talk, I first introduce this general explanatory schema, and then discuss these (and other) implications. I end by asking what all this suggests concerning the fundamental nature of our perceptual contact with the world.
Andy Clark was appointed to the Chair in Logic and Metaphysics at University of Edinburgh in 2004. Prior to that he had taught at the University of Glasgow, the University of Sussex, Washington University in St Louis, and Indiana University, Bloomington. He was Director of the Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Program at Washington University in St Louis, and Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University. His research interests include philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence, including robotics, artificial life, embodied cognition, and mind, technology and culture.

Merleau-Ponty - Sensible Objects (English Subtitles)

source: Eidos84    2011年8月25日
"Exploration of the Perceived World: Sensible Objects", the third of Merleau-Ponty's 1948 radio lecture series.
Translated and subtitled by Kris Pender

Merleau-Ponty - Exploration of the Perceived World: Space (English Subti...

source: Eidos84    2011年8月14日
"Exploration of the Perceived World: Space", the second of Merleau-Ponty's 1948 "Causeries" radio lecture series.
Translated and subtitled by Kris Pender.

Merleau-Ponty - The World of Perception and the World of Science (Englis...

source: Eidos84    2011年8月11日
"The World of Perception and the World of Science", the first of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's "Causeries" radio lecture series, broadcast on the 9th of October 1948.
Translated and subtitled by Kris Pender.

Rhythm and Animality in Merleau-Ponty's Ontology of the Flesh

source: Eidos84   2011年1月17日
Daniela Vallega-Neu - "On Rhythm and Animality in Merleau-Ponty's Ontology of the Flesh". April, 12 2007.
*Cleaned up the audio as best I could. Turn down the volume to cut out background noise.

Ancient Cities, Modern Inquiries: Contemporary Debates Focusing on Africa and the Middle East

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source: Yale University  2016年12月5日
Recordings from the 2016 Summer Institute for Teachers, offered by Yale University’s Programs for International Education Resources (PIER).
For more information, please visit: http://pier.macmillan.yale.edu/summer-institute

Kenneth Harl - Orientation and Introduction to the Ancient World 1:10:35
Roderick McIntosh - Why Study African Cities? 59:40
Steven Garfinkle - Commerce, Communication, and State Formation: Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia 1:01:06
Eric Cline - The Collapse of Cities and Civilizations at the End of the Late Bronze Age 1:01:35
Steven Tuck - Summing It All Up: Lessons from Ancient Cities for the Modern City Designer/Dweller 48:57
Martin J. Murray - Re-Urbanism in Africa: Building Cities from Scratch 59:01
Garth Myers - Looking at US Cities from Urban Africa 59:03

Gidon Eshel | Rethinking the American Diet || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University    2016年12月21日
As part of the 2016–2017 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Gidon Eshel ’17 tells us that every dietary choice we make has a far greater impact than we might realize—and often in unexpected areas. Eshel, in collaboration with scientists from the Harvard University Center for the Environment and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been developing multi-objective metrics of diet, to simultaneously optimize health outcomes and environmental impact.
Eshel is the 2016–2017 Hrdy Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute.

2016 US-China Forum: A Conversation with Deb Frodl

source: The University of Chicago 2016年11月18日
Deb Frodl, global executive director of Ecomagination at GE, speaks at the 2016 US-China Forum about GE’s Ecomagination growth strategy and the ways in which the company strives to make economic and environmental impact through innovative solutions.
The US-China Forum is sponsored by the China-United States Exchange Foundation in collaboration with the University of Chicago. The annual forum brings together renowned experts—including faculty from the University of Chicago and scholars from China—for high-level engagement focused on issues of importance to both countries and, by extension, the world. It is intended to spur long-term research collaborations between Chinese and University of Chicago researchers. The 2016 program focused on water and urban development and was hosted by the Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago.

Per Gustavsson: "Finding the causes of environmentally induced disease and eliminating them"

source: karolinskainstitutet    2016年11月25日
"Finding the causes of environmentally induced disease – and eliminating them"
Per Gustavsson, professor at the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), occupational epidemiology

Uses of Philosophy for Living: The Accursed Share

source: Wes Cecil   2016年12月16日
The fourth lecture in Wesley Cecil's Uses of Philosophy series. This lecture explores the problems we encounter in a culture that has overwhelming material abundance and a cultural imperative to desire more of everything all the time.

Shawn Stevenson: "Sleep Smarter" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google    2016年12月22日
Shawn Stevenson is a bestselling author and creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the #1 Health podcast in the world on iTunes. With a university background in biology and kinesiology, Shawn is the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, providing wellness services for both individuals and organizations. Shawn is also a dynamic keynote speaker who has spoken for TEDx, universities, and numerous organizations.

In his book, Shawn breaks down why physiologically sleep is so critical, how many people approach getting optimal sleep wrong, and quick hacks to get the best sleep of your life. Topics include:
1. Why timing your sleep is like timing an investment
2. How your devices impact your sleep quality
3. What toxic chemicals are in most mattresses and how to avoid them
4. How alcohol affects your sleep
5. The connection between sex, orgasm, and sleep
6. How to hack your bedroom to create a sleep sanctuary
Get the book here: https://goo.gl/RdyyEZ

Listening to Animals with Miranda Alcott

source: New Thinking Allowed    2016年12月28日
Miranda Alcott, MA, is an intuitive, animal communicator. She also has been a certified Crisis Responder and instructor/trainer for the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), as well as a member of NOVA's Response Team. She earned her masters degree in spiritual psychology from the University of Santa Monica. She has also studied with renowned "animal ambassador," Linda Tellington-Jones, and is a Certified TTOUCH Practitioner for Companion Animals.
Here she describes how each animal species has a unique culture. Animals can communicate with us, and can even teach us, if we are willing to quiet our minds, let go of our preconceptions and listen. This often comes naturally to children. In fact, sometimes children experience communication from animals as an imaginary playmate. Animals can also communicate through visual imagery and energetic patterns akin to what is sometimes thought of as the "aura". When opening up to communication with animals, it is very important to develop a sense of inner self-trust. She claims that we all, subconsciously, use telepathy throughout the day.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is past-vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and is the recipient of the Pathfinder Award from that association for his contributions to the study of consciousness. He is also past-president of the non-profit Intuition Network, an organization dedicated to creating a world in which all people are encouraged to cultivate and apply their inner, intuitive abilities.
(Recorded on December 4, 2016)

Being & Becoming - Plato's Parmenides by Michael Sugrue

source: Philosophical Overdose   2016年12月26日
A talk on Plato's Parmenides given by Michael Sugrue. He explains the intellectual context of the dialogue and what led to Plato's theory of Forms, which arose out of an attempt to avoid the absurdities implied by the unchanging monism of Parmenides and the pluralistic flux of Heraclitus.

The Science of Political Judgment and Empathy | Paul Bloom

source: Big Think 2016年12月19日
The title of Paul Bloom's latest book may ruffle a few feathers; it's called Against Empathy [https://goo.gl/RdVl6W]. Empathy has come into its own of late, held on a pedestal as one of the most glorified emotional skills – but Bloom argues that at times it can cloud our judgement. When it comes to political debates, typically the debate isn’t all over whether or not to empathize, it’s over who to empathize with, he says. There are some political issues, such as climate change and free speech, in which empathy favors one side of the issue, and encourages inaction over action.
Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/paul-bloom...

Transcript - When I tell people I’ve been writing a book against empathy often they look at me suspiciously because most of my friends are liberal and say wait, is this some sort of conservative book? Are you attacking liberals and progressives? And it’s a natural question to ask because a lot of people associate empathy with liberal and progressive politics and they associate other traits with conservatives. The conservatives would say they associate reason with conservatives. The liberals would say we associate selfishness and self-interest with conservatives. But one thing people often agree about is that on both sides is that the liberals are more empathic for better or worse. And, if so, then my attack on empathy is an attack on liberal politics. And that would certainly be interesting. But that’s not the way I’m going to go. I think there’s some experimental evidence that actually liberals are a little bit more impacted than conservatives. There’s empathy tests that you could give and it turns that liberal score a little bit higher than conservatives. With Libertarians below everybody kind of on the floor here. But it’s not a big difference. And it turns out that when it comes to political debates typically the debate isn’t all over whether or not to empathize, it’s over who to empathize with. Do you empathize with black teenagers who are shot by cops. Or do you empathize with cops who have a difficult and dangerous job. Do you empathize with the parents of a toddler who got shot by a gun due to lax gun laws.

Or do you empathize with somebody who is raped because she is not permitted, has no right to own a gun to defend herself. Do you empathize with the woman or the fetus. Do you empathize with the beneficiary of affirmative action who otherwise wouldn’t get into a college or with the white kid who is going to get in because his grades are great but isn’t going to get in because he’s white. And so on and so forth. Every sort of argument where liberals and conservatives face off against, each side points to somebody to empathize with and argues that way. And I think this is a horrible way to have political discussions. Any policy of any scope from affirmative action to gun laws to abortion laws is going to have some winners and losers. And inevitably people who suffer upon any application of law. And so pointing out oh, let me tell you the story of somebody who suffered. Somebody who suffered because of Obamacare. Somebody who suffered because we’re getting rid of Obamacare. It’s a stupid argument. It’s an appeal to the passion while what you really want to know is statistics. You want to know well how many people are suffering. How many people are better off this way and how many people are worse off that way... [transcript truncated].