Die Ökonomenszene in Amerika ist seit Ausbruch der Finanzkrise im Umbruch. 2009 wurde das „Institute for New Economic Thinking“ (Inet) gegründet, dem zahlreiche Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger angehören. Die 3. Jahrestagung findet Mitte April in Berlin statt. Bisher stand nur der rational handelnde Mensch im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung der Ökonomen, was sich jedoch im Zusammenhang mit der Finanzkrise als Trugschluss herausgestellt hat.
Der renommierte IfW-Chef Dennis Snower sieht eine Zeitenwende heraufziehen, die aber in Deutschland wohl noch einige Jahrzehnte benötigt. Er empfiehlt jungen Wissenschaftlern, sich neben Ökonomie auch mit Soziologie, Anthropologie, Psychologie und Philosophie zu beschäftigen.
Wie meinte der Wissenschaftstheoretiker Thomas Kuhn treffend: Die Wissenschaft macht Fortschritte, weil Wissenschaftler aussterben.
In the 1970s, Diana Nyad set long-distance swim records that are still unbroken. Thirty years later, at 60, she attempted her longest swim yet, from Cuba to Florida.
Identity 2.0
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Watch Dick deliver a compelling and dynamic introduction on Identity 2.0 and how the concept of digital identity is evolving.
Ever feel like your communication fails?
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children’s advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children’s marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids.
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Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.
Stanford Professor Robert Sutton weaves together the best psychological and management research with compelling stories and cases to reveal the mindset and moves of the best (and worst) bosses.
In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, „We are losing our listening.“ In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening — to other people and the world around you.
Kevin Slavin argues that we’re living in a world designed for — and increasingly controlled by — algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can’t understand, with implications we can’t control.
New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Hammond and a few friends suggested: Why not make it a park? He shares how it happened in this tale of local cultural activism.
