November 13, 2008

Collapses of Societies

Jared Diamond on why societies fail (audio)

From the Long Now Foundation


November 11, 2008

Education that Nutures Creativity

Ken Robinson discusses education at TEDTalks.

“No one has a clue about what the world will look like in 5 years, yet we’re educating our children for it… Creativity is as important in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.”


November 9, 2008

Forecasting

Why Foxes are Better Forecasters than Hedgehogs (audio)

From the Long Now Foundation