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Here you'll find a collection of conversations with some very interesting minds, including (but not limited to) the following:
UNIVERSE
Burton Richter___ Stanford __"What is the Universe made of?"(NOBEL PRIZE)
Dudley Herschbach_Harvard ___"How is 'Nature' defined?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Roy Glauber ___ Harvard ___"What constitutes 'Information'?"(NOBEL PRIZE)
Martin Perl ____ Stanford __"What defines 'Complexity'?"(NOBEL PRIZE)
Lisa Randall _____ Harvard ______"How do 'Universal Forces' originate?"
Max Tegmark____ M.I.T. _______"What was before the Universe?"
Avi Loeb________ Harvard ______"How can we look back in time?"
Peter Woit _______Columbia _____"What isn't Universe?"
Alexander Vilenkin_ Tufts________ "Do parallel universes' exist?"
Barry Mazur______ Harvard ______"How do numbers apply to the Universe?"
Curtis McMullen _ Harvard __ "How is 'Randomness' defined?" (FIELDS MEDAL)
LIFE
Susumu Tonegawa __M.I.T. _____ "How did 'Life' first begin?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Arthur Kornberg __ Stanford _ "Can life be seen as chemistry?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
James Hanken_____Harvard _____ "How many types of life are there?"
Richard Losick_____Harvard _____ "What are the smallest living things?"
Matthew Scott_____ Stanford _____ "What traits do living things share?"
Deborah Gordon____Stanford _____ "How does life pattern itself?"
Lucy Shapiro______ Stanford _____ "Can the smallest life forms think?"
Francisco Ayala____ UC Irvine _____ "Why is 'Evolution' daunting?"
David Haig______ Harvard _____ "Do genes truly compete?"
Martin Nowak_____ Harvard _____ "Does cooperation promote life?"
Andrew Knoll_____ Harvard _____ "How fragile is Earth-based life?"
HUMANS
Steven Pinker______Harvard _____ "How did 'Language' evolve?"
Eric Kandel______ Columbia _____ "What defines 'Memory'?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Mahzarin Banaji____Harvard _____ "Do our minds purposely deceive us?"
Mike Merzenich____ UCSF _____ "Can we strengthen our brains?"
Carol Dweck ______ Stanford _____ "What is the 'Growth Mind Set'?"
Mark Bear________ M.I.T. _____ "Why does memory matter?"
Steve Kosslyn _____ Harvard _____ "How do we visualize ideas?"
Earl Miller _______ M.I.T. _____ "Where do thoughts originate?"
Howard Gardner___ Harvard _____ "What is 'Multiple Intelligence'?"
Rebecca Goldstein __ Radcliffe _____ "What constitutes a 'Big Idea'?"
Bill Mobley _______ Stanford _____ "When does information break down?"
Marc Hauser _____ Harvard _____ "Can 'Morality' be quantified?"
CIVILIZATION
Noam Chomsky ___ M.I.T. _____ "What are 'Power Systems'?"
Donald Kennedy ___ Science Journal __ "Where does 'Science' meet 'Society'?"
Alan Dershowitz ___ Harvard _____ "What is 'Law'?"
Kenneth Arrow____ Stanford __"What is 'Economics'?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Edmund Phelps_ Columbia "Can we see patterns in civilization?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Abbas Milani ______Stanford _____ "What is a 'Political Revolution'?"
Fred Von Loehman__ EFF _____ "How did the Internet begin?"
James Surowiecki __ NY Times _____ "What is 'Collective Intelligence'?"
Dalton Conley _____ NYU _____ "What is 'Free Will'?"
Elizabeth Warren ___Harvard _____ "When do financial systems fail?"
Herbert Kelman____ Harvard _____ "What is 'Effective Conflict Resolution'?"
Michael Jackson____Harvard _____ "What is 'Saving vs. Understanding'?"
Larry Diamond ____ Stanford _____ "What defines 'Democracy'?"
Iara Peng ________ People for American Way "Is democracy important'?"
Marc Feldman_____ Stanford _____ "How do populations 'drift'?"
Terry Karl ________ Stanford _____ "What defines 'Human Rights'?"
David Perkins _____ Harvard _____ "Is civilization truly advancing?"
WHAT's NEXT?…
W.H.K. Panofsky____SLAC _____ "Will 'Nukes' end human existence?"
Harry Lewis___ ____Harvard _____ "How is information changing?"
Gilberto Gil____ ___ Brazil _____ "What defines 'Globalization'?"
Mac Maharaj__ __ South Africa ___ "What is the 'Knowledge Revolution'?"
John Perry Barlow__ EFF _____ "Where does 'mind' begin and end?"
Michael Oppenheimer Princeton"What defines 'Environment'?"(NOBEL PR.- IFCC)
George Church_____ Harvard _____ "What is 'Personal Genomics'?"
Lene Hau_________ Harvard _____ "Can light be controlled?"
Sara Seager___ ____ M.I.T. _____ "Will other life be discovered?"
Neil Gershenfeld____ M.I.T. __ "What is the 'Digital Fabrication Revolution'?"
Rodney Brooks _____ M.I.T. _____ "Will man and machine merge?"
Rudolph Jaenisch ___Whitehead _____ "What will replace stem cells?"
Steve Schneider Stanford How can the climate debate change?" (NOBEL PR.- IFCC)
Terry Root Stanford__"What is the 'natural world'?"_(NOBEL PRIZE- IFCC)
Pardis Sabeti__ ____ Harvard _____ "What 'Human Puzzles' remain?
John Hennessy _____Stanford _____ "What is the future of education?"
Rosalind Picard_____M.I.T. _____ "Can technology 'feel'?
Seth Lloyd________ M.I.T. _____ "What is technology's 'vanishing point'?"
UNIVERSE
Burton Richter___ Stanford __"What is the Universe made of?"(NOBEL PRIZE)
Dudley Herschbach_Harvard ___"How is 'Nature' defined?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Roy Glauber ___ Harvard ___"What constitutes 'Information'?"(NOBEL PRIZE)
Martin Perl ____ Stanford __"What defines 'Complexity'?"(NOBEL PRIZE)
Lisa Randall _____ Harvard ______"How do 'Universal Forces' originate?"
Max Tegmark____ M.I.T. _______"What was before the Universe?"
Avi Loeb________ Harvard ______"How can we look back in time?"
Peter Woit _______Columbia _____"What isn't Universe?"
Alexander Vilenkin_ Tufts________ "Do parallel universes' exist?"
Barry Mazur______ Harvard ______"How do numbers apply to the Universe?"
Curtis McMullen _ Harvard __ "How is 'Randomness' defined?" (FIELDS MEDAL)
LIFE
Susumu Tonegawa __M.I.T. _____ "How did 'Life' first begin?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Arthur Kornberg __ Stanford _ "Can life be seen as chemistry?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
James Hanken_____Harvard _____ "How many types of life are there?"
Richard Losick_____Harvard _____ "What are the smallest living things?"
Matthew Scott_____ Stanford _____ "What traits do living things share?"
Deborah Gordon____Stanford _____ "How does life pattern itself?"
Lucy Shapiro______ Stanford _____ "Can the smallest life forms think?"
Francisco Ayala____ UC Irvine _____ "Why is 'Evolution' daunting?"
David Haig______ Harvard _____ "Do genes truly compete?"
Martin Nowak_____ Harvard _____ "Does cooperation promote life?"
Andrew Knoll_____ Harvard _____ "How fragile is Earth-based life?"
HUMANS
Steven Pinker______Harvard _____ "How did 'Language' evolve?"
Eric Kandel______ Columbia _____ "What defines 'Memory'?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Mahzarin Banaji____Harvard _____ "Do our minds purposely deceive us?"
Mike Merzenich____ UCSF _____ "Can we strengthen our brains?"
Carol Dweck ______ Stanford _____ "What is the 'Growth Mind Set'?"
Mark Bear________ M.I.T. _____ "Why does memory matter?"
Steve Kosslyn _____ Harvard _____ "How do we visualize ideas?"
Earl Miller _______ M.I.T. _____ "Where do thoughts originate?"
Howard Gardner___ Harvard _____ "What is 'Multiple Intelligence'?"
Rebecca Goldstein __ Radcliffe _____ "What constitutes a 'Big Idea'?"
Bill Mobley _______ Stanford _____ "When does information break down?"
Marc Hauser _____ Harvard _____ "Can 'Morality' be quantified?"
CIVILIZATION
Noam Chomsky ___ M.I.T. _____ "What are 'Power Systems'?"
Donald Kennedy ___ Science Journal __ "Where does 'Science' meet 'Society'?"
Alan Dershowitz ___ Harvard _____ "What is 'Law'?"
Kenneth Arrow____ Stanford __"What is 'Economics'?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Edmund Phelps_ Columbia "Can we see patterns in civilization?" (NOBEL PRIZE)
Abbas Milani ______Stanford _____ "What is a 'Political Revolution'?"
Fred Von Loehman__ EFF _____ "How did the Internet begin?"
James Surowiecki __ NY Times _____ "What is 'Collective Intelligence'?"
Dalton Conley _____ NYU _____ "What is 'Free Will'?"
Elizabeth Warren ___Harvard _____ "When do financial systems fail?"
Herbert Kelman____ Harvard _____ "What is 'Effective Conflict Resolution'?"
Michael Jackson____Harvard _____ "What is 'Saving vs. Understanding'?"
Larry Diamond ____ Stanford _____ "What defines 'Democracy'?"
Iara Peng ________ People for American Way "Is democracy important'?"
Marc Feldman_____ Stanford _____ "How do populations 'drift'?"
Terry Karl ________ Stanford _____ "What defines 'Human Rights'?"
David Perkins _____ Harvard _____ "Is civilization truly advancing?"
WHAT's NEXT?…
W.H.K. Panofsky____SLAC _____ "Will 'Nukes' end human existence?"
Harry Lewis___ ____Harvard _____ "How is information changing?"
Gilberto Gil____ ___ Brazil _____ "What defines 'Globalization'?"
Mac Maharaj__ __ South Africa ___ "What is the 'Knowledge Revolution'?"
John Perry Barlow__ EFF _____ "Where does 'mind' begin and end?"
Michael Oppenheimer Princeton"What defines 'Environment'?"(NOBEL PR.- IFCC)
George Church_____ Harvard _____ "What is 'Personal Genomics'?"
Lene Hau_________ Harvard _____ "Can light be controlled?"
Sara Seager___ ____ M.I.T. _____ "Will other life be discovered?"
Neil Gershenfeld____ M.I.T. __ "What is the 'Digital Fabrication Revolution'?"
Rodney Brooks _____ M.I.T. _____ "Will man and machine merge?"
Rudolph Jaenisch ___Whitehead _____ "What will replace stem cells?"
Steve Schneider Stanford How can the climate debate change?" (NOBEL PR.- IFCC)
Terry Root Stanford__"What is the 'natural world'?"_(NOBEL PRIZE- IFCC)
Pardis Sabeti__ ____ Harvard _____ "What 'Human Puzzles' remain?
John Hennessy _____Stanford _____ "What is the future of education?"
Rosalind Picard_____M.I.T. _____ "Can technology 'feel'?
Seth Lloyd________ M.I.T. _____ "What is technology's 'vanishing point'?"
UTP - "Re-Wire (Re:Mind)" Pilot Teaser
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Recently 13 of the countries premier neuroscientists committed to participating in a the Untitled Thinkers Project's pilot series on the brain. Here's a beta sample of the artistic style of the series.
Stayed tuned...
Recently 13 of the countries premier neuroscientists committed to participating in a the Untitled Thinkers Project's pilot series on the brain. Here's a beta sample of the artistic style of the series.
Stayed tuned...
Conversation #1. Education, Power Systems & The Knowledge Revolution.
John Hennessy, President of Stanford University.
On the Future of Education.
Noam Chomsky, Linguist/Political Activist, M.I.T.
On Power Systems.
Mac Maharaj, Advisor to Nelson Mandela and Anti-Apartheid revolutionary.
On Globalization and the Knowledge Revolution.
1. What is the function of a human?
_________ ___________ ________
Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj began his political career as a freedom fighter taking on South Africa's Anti-Apartheid regime. He spent twelve years imprisoned on Robbin Island with Nelson Mandela, during which time he secretly transcribed Mandela's memoir "A Long Walk to Freedom", before smuggling it off the island. Following his release he continued his fight against Apartheid commanding Operation Vula. Later he would help negotiate South Africa's transition to their first ever democratic elections, before finally being made Minister of Transport under the newly elected Mandela.
_________ ___________ ________
2. What is the function of civilization?
_________ ___________ ________
John Hennessy arrived to a "pre-internet" Stanford in 1977, initially serving as faculty in what was at that time a newly emerging field of computer science. In the years to follow he would both witness and directly participate in Stanford and the greater Silicon Valley's role as catalyst of the global technological revolution. A revolution which he notes really took off with the development of the integrated circuit. In 1999 he was appointed to succeed Condoleeza Rice as University Provost, before then being named President of Stanford in 2000.
_________ ___________ ________
3. How would you describe the interaction of self-interest and mutual-interest?
_________ ___________ ________
Avram Noam Chomsky is regarded in much of the academic world as the father of modern linguistics, transforming it during the course of his research at M.I.T. from an obscure discipline into a major social science. Central to this accomplishment was Chomsky's development of his theory regarding universal language. He laid the foundation for this theory in Syntactic Structures, a book which many computer scientists have since noted as being heavily influential towards their development of code. Today Chomsky lectures worldwide and has become quite known for his political activism.
_________ ___________ ________
4. How would you describe the concept of money?
_________ ___________ ________
5. What patterns have you noticed over the course of your career?
_________ ___________ ________
6. What do you hope for?
_________ ___________ ________
Noam Chomsky
-on the struggle for rights and gradual reduction of power systems.
Mac Maharaj
-on dealing with fear in a rapidly changing world.
John Hennessy
-a neat story on the origins of Stanford University.
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On the Future of Education.
Noam Chomsky, Linguist/Political Activist, M.I.T.
On Power Systems.
Mac Maharaj, Advisor to Nelson Mandela and Anti-Apartheid revolutionary.
On Globalization and the Knowledge Revolution.
1. What is the function of a human?
_________ ___________ ________
Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj began his political career as a freedom fighter taking on South Africa's Anti-Apartheid regime. He spent twelve years imprisoned on Robbin Island with Nelson Mandela, during which time he secretly transcribed Mandela's memoir "A Long Walk to Freedom", before smuggling it off the island. Following his release he continued his fight against Apartheid commanding Operation Vula. Later he would help negotiate South Africa's transition to their first ever democratic elections, before finally being made Minister of Transport under the newly elected Mandela.
_________ ___________ ________
2. What is the function of civilization?
_________ ___________ ________
Meet John Hennessy
John Hennessy arrived to a "pre-internet" Stanford in 1977, initially serving as faculty in what was at that time a newly emerging field of computer science. In the years to follow he would both witness and directly participate in Stanford and the greater Silicon Valley's role as catalyst of the global technological revolution. A revolution which he notes really took off with the development of the integrated circuit. In 1999 he was appointed to succeed Condoleeza Rice as University Provost, before then being named President of Stanford in 2000.
_________ ___________ ________
3. How would you describe the interaction of self-interest and mutual-interest?
_________ ___________ ________
Avram Noam Chomsky is regarded in much of the academic world as the father of modern linguistics, transforming it during the course of his research at M.I.T. from an obscure discipline into a major social science. Central to this accomplishment was Chomsky's development of his theory regarding universal language. He laid the foundation for this theory in Syntactic Structures, a book which many computer scientists have since noted as being heavily influential towards their development of code. Today Chomsky lectures worldwide and has become quite known for his political activism.
_________ ___________ ________
4. How would you describe the concept of money?
_________ ___________ ________
5. What patterns have you noticed over the course of your career?
_________ ___________ ________
6. What do you hope for?
_________ ___________ ________
Noam Chomsky
-on the struggle for rights and gradual reduction of power systems.
Mac Maharaj
-on dealing with fear in a rapidly changing world.
John Hennessy
-a neat story on the origins of Stanford University.
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Nobel Laureate Arthur Kornberg : 1918-2007
I had the great pleasure of sitting with Arthur for his last living interview.
He described his work as an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/ Medicine in 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)".
Here he gives a wonderful description of "Life" as chemistry is motion.
He described his work as an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology/ Medicine in 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)".
Here he gives a wonderful description of "Life" as chemistry is motion.
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