Is there a limit to technological progress? - Clément Vidal

source: TED-Ed     2016年12月19日
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Many generations have felt they’ve reached the pinnacle of technological advancement. Yet, if you look back 100 years, the technologies we take for granted today would seem like impossible magic. So — will there be a point where we reach an actual limit of technological progress? And if so, are we anywhere near that limit now? Clément Vidal consults Kardashev’s scale to find out.
Lesson by Clément Vidal, animation by CUB animation.

Our window on the Universe (by Jo Dunkley)

source: The Royal Society    2016年11月17日
Rosalind Franklin Lecture 2016 by Professor Jo Dunkley.
The night sky is fascinating to humans, giving us a window on space beyond our home on Earth. In this lecture, Professor Dunkley will describe how we have come to better understand our Universe, and some of the big questions about space and time that we are trying to answer. She will talk about her research in this area, studying distant light coming from the earliest moments in time, in a quest to understand the Big Bang, the ingredients of the Universe, and the fundamental laws of nature.
Professor Dunkley will also talk about the goal of engaging more young women to pursue physics, and about some of the scientists who have inspired and guided her.
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The Notion of Gender

source: Philosophical Overdose     2016年11月19日
There is, in the Zeitgeist, discussion of gender as both a social construct, as well as some innate part of one's very identity. But these two ideas of gender are in obvious conflict and cannot both be right. Rebecca Reilly-Cooper discusses such issues of gender with Joe Gelonesi on the Philosopher's Zone, arguing against gender as an innate feature of identity. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/p...

Paying the penalty: the sporting prison - UCL Lunch Hour Lecture

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures    2016年11月11日
Speaker: Dr Nick Piercey, UCL Dutch, Thursday 3rd November 2016 #ucllhl
Bring your lunch and your curiosity! UCL Lunch Hour Lectures, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Darwin Lecture Theatre, 1.15 - 1.55pm (term time)
How do sporting cultures help shape the world around us? And how do the stories historians tell about them shape the present and future? This talk will examine how the history of early Dutch football can be intimately linked to discourses of values that aimed to construct more disciplined, useful and docile citizens.
Free to attend, live stream or watch online
More info : http://events.ucl.ac.uk/lhl
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Coping with Trauma with Stanley Krippner

source: New Thinking Allowed     2016年11月17日
Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Saybrook University, is a Fellow in five APA divisions, and past-president of two divisions (30 and 32). Formerly, he was director of the Maimonides Medical Center Dream Research Laboratory, in Brooklyn NY. He is co-author of Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Biographies of Disease), Dream Telepathy, Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them, and The Mythic Path, and co-editor of Debating Psychic Experience: Human Potential or Human Illusion, Healing Tales, Healing Stories, Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence, Advances in Parapsychological Research and many other books. He is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and has published cross-cultural studies on spiritual content in dreams.
Here Stanley Krippner explains that he was motivated to research the question of combat trauma, because of his childhood experiences with a cousin who was traumatized during WWII. He describes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a healthy response to an unhealthy event. He notes that many people diagnosed with PTSD are inappropriately prescribed psychiatric medications that do little good. However, there are several evidence-based forms of psychotherapy that work well in dealing with trauma. In particular, Krippner focuses on the treatment of PTSD-based nightmares.

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 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 May 13, 2016)

Aga Khan Program Lecture: Zhang Ke, “Rethinking Basics: From Tibet to Be...

source: Harvard GSD    2016年11月16日
Zhang Ke, the Aga Khan Design Critic in Architecture in fall 2016, will present and discuss the work of his Beijing-based firm, ZAO/standardarchitecture, including the Micro Yuan’er project, which involves the conservation and adaptive reuse of a historic Hutong courtyard in the center of Beijing, close to a mosque and other buildings used by the Muslim community.Born in 1970, Zhang Ke founded his studio ZAO/standardarchitecture “标准营造” in 2001. With a wide range of realized works over the past 15 years, the studio has emerged as one of the most critical and innovative protagonists among the new generation of Chinese architects. Recent works by the studio include the Novartis Campus Building in Shanghai, the main pavilion for the Garden Expo in Suzhou, a number of Hutong and courtyard transformation projects in the city center of Beijing, and various buildings imbedded in the landscape of Tibet.In 2015, the prestigious Aedes Architekturforum in Berlin presented a solo-exhibition on the works of ZAO/standarchtarchitecture. Zhang Ke’s work has been featured at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the MAK in Vienna, the DAM in Frankfurt, the V&A in London, and published in Casabella, a+u, Domus, MARK, Detail, and the Architectural Record, amongst others.Zhang Ke has lectured at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Universidad Católica de Chile, and the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona. He was a key speaker at the Architecture 2.0 Symposium in Rotterdam, Milan Design Week, Helsinki Design Week, the CERASIE in Bologna, and the Forum Architektur-Fenster-Fassade in Nuremberg.Many honors have been awarded to Zhang Ke and his studio, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2016; International Award Architecture in Stone, Verona, 2011; the Design Vanguard (Architecture Record), 2010; China Architecture Media Award (CAMA), Best Young Architect Prize, 2008; and WA Chinese Architecture Award, Winning Prize, 2010 and 2006.Zhang Ke received his Master of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1998 and his Master and Bachelor of Architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Plenary Session by Sarah Lynn: Brain-Based Approaches to Teaching | The ...

source: The New School     2016年11月17日
Sponsored by the Literacy Assistance Center and the Department of Language Learning and Teaching at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu/public-engag...). What does recent research say about the mind, memory, and learning? How can we, as educators, translate these findings into engaging and enriching student learning? In this session you will learn hands-on teaching techniques to enhance student learning, strengthen student memory, and develop student resilience.
Meeting Challenges, Exploring Solutions in the Adult ESOL Classroom - Plenary Session: Brain-based Approaches to Teaching by Sarah Lynn
Sarah Lynn is an ESOL instructor, teacher trainer, and curriculum developer from Boston, MA. Currently at the Bridge Program, at Harvard University’s Center for Workplace Development, she teaches ESOL classes and leads the student-oriented Smart Learning initiative. As a teacher trainer Ms. Lynn has led workshops on: brain-based teaching practices, self-directed learning, the multilevel classroom, learner persistence, and 21st Century Skills. As a curriculum developer, Ms. Lynn has contributed to numerous teacher-resource books and student textbooks for English language learners including Future and Project Success (both published by Pearson ELT).
THE NEW SCHOOL | http://www.newschool.edu
Location: The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall
Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 10:00 am to 10:45 am