MIT Technology & Culture Forum

Alan Turing's Contribution to World History
Jack Copeland
November 30, 2006
00:58:53
Jack Copeland help celebrate the 70th anniversary of Alan Turing's seminal paper "On Computable Numbers".
Half-Real: Video Games in the Hands of a Player
Jesper Juul
November 28, 2006
01:08:40
Using concepts from his book on video games, Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds, Jesper Juul argues that video game players are neither rational solvers of abstract problems, nor daydreamers in fictional worlds, but both of these things with shifting emphasis
Transitioning to a Sustainable Energy Economy
John Heywood
November 1, 2006
01:34:30
John Heywood and Stephen Ansolabehere discuss the kind growing pains that may be involved in moving towards a sustainable energy policy.
New Technologies in a Sustainable Energy Economy
Dan Nocera
October 25, 2006
01:32:48
Angela Belcher and Dan Nocera describe the growing of living fuel cells and other emerging energy technology and brainstorm with an audience about new solutions. They discuss what kind of research and development initiatives are contributing to meeting this long-term challenge.
Meeting Global Energy Demands Sustainably
Kerry Emanuel
October 18, 2006
01:32:58
Kerry Emanuel and Ernest Moniz discuss our dependency on fossil fuels and public attitudes limiting change.
Ceaseless Society: Is 24/7 Good for Us?
Jon Kabat-Zinn
April 25, 2006
01:49:18
Jon Kabat-Zinn, faculty member at UMASS Medical School, Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, and author of Meditation for Optimum Health, Full Catastrophe Living, and Wherever You Go,
Robert Fisk: War, Geopolitics, and History
Robert Fisk
April 9, 2006
01:41:48
Robert Fisk, journalist for the UK-based publication, The Independent, recounts his experiences traveling around the world and living in the Middle East.
European Muslim Identity in the New Millennium
Mustafa Ceric
April 4, 2006
01:58:06
Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, addresses some of the issues and challenges resulting from the presence of several million Muslims in Europe.