We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says technosociologist Zeynep Tufecki. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are also used to organize your access to political and social information. And the machines aren't even the real threat. What we need to understand is how the powerful might use AI to control us -- and what we can do in response.
Nuclear war, ecological collapse and technological disruption pose an existential threat to human civilization. Join a conversation that explores the challenges of the 21st century and how to address them before it is too late.
Speakers:Â Yuval Noah Harari, Mark Rutte, Orit Gadiesh
The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change.
Join me on a thought-provoking adventure in my new animated mini-series, Principles for Success. I've taken my book Principles, and distilled it into a 30 minute ultra mini series that focuses on the life principles that have helped me the most.
Aimed at a wide audience, the film on the European Court of Human Rights explains how the Court works, describes the challenges faced by it and shows the scope of its activity through examples from the case-law.
The more we read and watch online, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake. It's as if we know more but understand less, says philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch. In this talk, he dares us to take active steps to burst our filter bubbles and participate in the common reality that actually underpins everything.
On May 11th 2017, Boyan Slat, Founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, announced a design breakthrough allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. The main idea behind The Ocean Cleanup is to let the ocean currents do the work. An installation of U-shaped screens channels floating plastic to a central point. The concentrated plastic can then be extracted and shipped to shore for recycling into durable products. The improvements involve the introduction of a mobile, or drifting system. Rather than fixing the floating screens to the seabed at great depths, The Ocean Cleanup will apply sea anchors to ensure the floating screens move slower than the plastic. Rather than one massive barrier, the improved, modular cleanup system consists of a fleet of screens.
More information: http://www.theoceancleanup.com
http://savory.global | This in-depth documentary explores Allan Savory and how he has used Holistic Management to completely transform his land in Zimbabwe. Holistic Management was made popular in Savory's 2013 Ted Talk, How to Fight Desertification and Reverse Climate Change. This documentary was produced by Trevor Langham and his crew at Fig Multimedia Tech in Zimbabwe. We share this video in hopes that Trevor's amazing work will reach a wider audience to honor his memory.
About Savory Institute: Loss of grasslands leads to climate change, floods, droughts, famine, and worldwide poverty. It’s our mission to promote large-scale restoration of the world’s grasslands through Holistic Management. Holistic Management is a process of decision-making and planning that gives people the insights and management tools needed to understand nature: resulting in better, more informed decisions that balance key social, environmental, and financial considerations.
Stay connected: http://savory.global
Know Your Salmon - Wild vs Farmed from SeaLegacy on Vimeo.
Choosing the right salmon makes a big differenceÂ
Pacific wild salmon are being exposed to a highly-contagious disease and sealice found in most farmed salmon. But that's not all.Â
The waste produced by these open-net Atlantic fish farms is also destroying rare species of ancient sea sponges. Both of these negative consequences will inevitably impact keystone species including bears, orcas, sea lions, and, of course, humans.
Read more here: Know Your Salmon!
Utilizing state-of-the-art equipment, Oscar®-winner Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists intent on showing the world never-before-seen images that expose issues of endangered species and mass extinction.
Keynote address by Dr. Boris Worm at CaNOE's 2015 Ocean Literacy in Canada Conference. 1st Ocean Literacy in Canada Conference Video Series, a series of 13 presentations exploring ocean literacy, and the ocean’s influence on you and your influence on the ocean.
The video series was filmed by Canadian Network for Ocean Education (www.oceanliteracy.ca).
Seventy thousand years ago, our human ancestors were insignificant animals, just minding their own business in a corner of Africa with all the other animals. But now, few would disagree that humans dominate planet Earth; we've spread to every continent, and our actions determine the fate of other animals (and possibly Earth itself).
How did we get from there to here? Historian Yuval Noah Harari suggests a surprising reason for the rise of humanity.
Yann Arthus-Bertrands filmisches Kunstwerk über menschliches Dasein Was macht den Menschen aus? Was ist der Sinn des Lebens? Sind wir alle tatsächlich so verschieden? Haben wir nicht mehr Werte gemeinsam, als wir denken? Wenn ja, warum ist es so schwer, einander zu verstehen? Und warum machen wir von einer Generation zur nächsten immer dieselben Fehler? Diesen und anderen elementaren Fragen des Lebens geht der französische Fotograf und Dokumentarfilmer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, der in den vergangen 40 Jahren vor allem durch seine spektakulären Luftbildaufnahmen der Erde (u. a. für die Foto- und Filmproduktion „Die Erde von oben“) bekannt wurde, in seinem Dokumentarfilm „Human – Die zwei Seiten der Menschheit“ nach. Die Antworten sucht er nicht in Zahlen und Statistiken sondern bei den Menschen selbst. Zwei Jahre führte der bekennende Umweltschützer 2.000 Interviews in 65 Ländern. Entstanden ist ein außergewöhnlicher Film, bildgewaltig und wortreich. „Ein Film, in dem die Macht der Worte über die Schönheit unserer Welt hallt – eine Reise über Landschaften, aber vor allem durch die Geschichten der Menschen“, wie der Filmemacher im Intro spricht. Und: „Jede Geschichte ist einzigartig.“
„Ich, der den Planeten so viele Jahre fotografiert hat, habe mich für die Gesichter der Menschen, ihre Ausdrücke und Worte interessiert, um so in die Seele der Menschen einzutauchen. Ein Sprichwort besagt, dass die Augen der Spiegel der Seele sind, und daran glaube ich“, sagt Yann Arthus-Bertrand am Anfang seines Films, der in weiterer Folge ohne Kommentare auskommt. Die Interviewsequenzen der Menschen, die zu Wort kommen, sind ungeschnitten. Menschen, die aus ihrem Innersten über Freud und Leid des menschlichen Daseins erzählen – von Alltäglichem, von ergreifenden Begegnungen und schweren Schicksalen – und deren kraftvolle Worte die Natur in hochauflösenden Aufnahmen widerspiegeln. Ob alte Menschen, frisch Verliebte oder Kinder, auf allen Kontinenten empfinden sie Glück und Leid, Freude und Sehnsucht. Es sind dies Geschichten über das Leben auf unserem Planeten, zusammengeführt zu einem filmischen Kunstwerk über den Menschen an sich, aber auch über die Besonderheiten des Individuums.
Jane Goodall hasn't found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real difference between humans and chimps is our sophisticated language. She urges us to start using it to change the world.