Defining the Humanities: Democracy
Josiah Ober, a professor of classics and of political science, discusses how a reexamination of democracy's ancient origins sheds light on the values and limitations of democracy in contemporary politics.
From playlist Defining The Humanities
Discrimination: Crash Course Government and Politics #31
Today, Craig is going to wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those “discrete and insular minorities” referenced in the 14th Amendment. We’ll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino immigrants, Native Americans, non-English speak
From playlist U.S. Government and Politics
Ending The Tragedy of The Commons #TeamSeas
https://teamseas.org/ #TeamSeas The Tragedy of the Commons is an economic idea made popular by the American ecologist Garrett Hardin, who used the analogy of ranchers grazing their animals on a common field. Individual ranchers will seek to add additional livestock, to increase their pro
From playlist ESG Investing
In this lecture, Dr Emily Hauser (University of Exeter) explores the role of the gods in the Iliad, focusing in particular on: (i) the views of ancient scholars on the depiction of the gods in the Iliad, including Xenophanes and Longinus; (ii) the different ways in which the gods interact
From playlist Classics & Ancient History
Podcast (audio only): ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’ turns 50, and how Neanderthal DNA could change sk
On this week’s show: revisiting Garrett Hardin’s “The Tragedy of the Commons” 50 years later, and the link between Neanderthal DNA and head shape In 1968, Science published the now-famous paper “The Tragedy of the Commons” by ecologist Garrett Hardin. In it, Hardin questioned society’s ab
From playlist Science Podcast
Ending The Tragedy of The Commons | Elinor Ostrom | Big Think
Ending The Tragedy of The Commons New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nobel-prize winning economist argues that, contrary to the
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Chores cause conflict. Try managing them like this instead. | Gretchen Rubin | Big Think
Chores cause conflict. Try managing them like this instead. New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When managi
From playlist Gretchen Rubin | Big Think
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Whistleblowers: Part 2
The second episode of this series covers some historical cases of whistleblowing in the US and abroad, examining what happens to the people who leak the secrets of businesses or governments to the public. Tune in to learn more about whistleblowers. http://howstuffworks.com http://facebook
From playlist Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
Better together - DeepMind: The Podcast (S2, Ep3)
Cooperation is at the heart of our society. Inventing the railway, giving birth to the Renaissance, and creating the Covid-19 vaccine all required people to combine efforts. But cooperation is so much more. It governs our education systems, healthcare, and food production. In this episode,
From playlist DeepMind: The Podcast - Season 2
LMS Popular Lecture Series 2013, Mathematics in the Courtroom
Mathematics in the Courtroom by Professor Ray Hill Held at the Institute of Education in London
From playlist LMS Popular Lectures 2007 - present
Despite the propensity by philosophers and political theorists for mining Greek tragedy in search of models of effective moral action, few have explored Medea as a salutary icon of positive action. In this talk, I explore why we should be thinking about Medea and taking her as a model—if n
From playlist Whitney Humanities Center
Freedom of the Press: Crash Course Government and Politics #26
Today, Craig is going to finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with freedom of the press. Like an individual's right to free speech, the press has a right, and arguably responsibility, to tell the public what the government is doing. But of course there are some complications in
From playlist U.S. Government and Politics
Book Talk: The Invention of Humanity
Book Talk: The Invention of Humanity March 1, 2017 During most of history, inequality was the habitual and reasonable standard, while equality stood in need of justification, if it was considered at all. Inequality was omnipresent, palpable and realistic, while equality had to be imagined
From playlist Historical Studies
One of the oddest facts about the tragedy of suicide is that it isn’t as common in every country, society and age. Rates of suicide appear to rise enormously the more a society becomes wealthy and industrialised. Why should this be? And how can we learn from this about how we might better
From playlist SELF
Abel in Paris - Éva Tardos (Cornell University): "Quality of equilibria and effect of learning...
Abel in Paris - Éva Tardos (Cornell University): "Quality of equilibria and effect of learning in games" Éva Tardos est professeure en informatique à l’université de Cornell (Ithaca, New York). Sa recherche porte sur des algorithmes appliqués aux jeux en réseaux et aux ventes aux
From playlist Abel in PARIS - IHP - 2015
1 Romanticism - In Search of a Definition (Isaiah Berlin 1965)
Isaiah Berlin gives the 1st lecture in a series of 6 on Romanticism and its roots. All 6 lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_9uxkmfSIt2JJK6oKbXmd- For Berlin, the Romantics set in motion a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity’s view of itself. They destroyed
From playlist Social & Political Philosophy
Freedom of Speech: Crash Course Government and Politics #25
Today, FINALLY, Craig is going to talk about Free Speech! Now, free speech is so important because it not only allows you to critique the government, but it also protects you from the government. But it's essential to remember that not ALL speech is protected equally under the First Amendm
From playlist U.S. Government and Politics
Lec 4 | MIT 24.213 Philosophy of Film
Session 4: Orson Welles, The Dead, The Magnificent Ambersons, expectations for student papers View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/24-213F04 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu
From playlist MIT 24.213 Philosophy of Film, Fall 2004