MIT Technology & Culture Forum

Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil
Philip Zimbardo
April 2, 2007
01:48:17
Philip Zimbardo helps us understand what causes people who began life with good intentions, to discard them.
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.
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,
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Iran: War or Peace?
Kenneth Pollack
March 20, 2007
01:51:29
Kenneth Pollack discusses the tension between the US and Iran, and the possibility of war.
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
Vietnam War Remembered
Vietnam War Remembered
Noam Chomsky
April 30, 2005
01:53:55
To commemorate the anniversary of the official end of the war in Vietnam, Ngo Vinh Long, Noam Chomsky and Linda Pinkow share their current perspectives on the American involvement in Vietnam.Image
Bomb Scare: History and Future of Nuclear Weapons
Joseph Cirincione
February 22, 2007
01:18:28
Joseph Cirincione, Senior Vice President of the Center for American Progress discusses the history and future of nuclear weapons.