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Sheryl Sandberg - Gender Gap: Facebook COO Calls for Social Change

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/30/The_Gender_Agenda_Putting_Parity_into_Practice Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg reflects on her own experiences as a mother and a woman in the corporate world to call for social change in the work / home balance between men and women. "We all lose because of this (imbalance)," she says. "We limit women's ability to contribute in the workforce and, even more importantly, we limit men's ability to contribute at home." ----- Companies perform better ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/31/Rethinking_Privacy_in_an_Age_of_Disclosure_and_Sharing Boing Boing editor and blogger Cory Doctorow warns that Web searches are more difficult to "anonymize" than is commonly believed, citing AOL's accidental data disclosure in 2006. "Would it harm you if those queries were broadcast to the world?" he asks. "I think the answer is an unequivocal yes." ----- The increasing reach of information technology into all areas of life, from social netwo ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/29/Rethinking_How_to_Feed_The_World Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates explains why his philanthropic foundation helps fund genetically modified food research. "You are right on the verge of starvation all the time, so every tool that's safe and appropriate, you at least want to look into," he says. ----- World leaders and CEOs at the Davos 2010 World Economic Forum participate in a panel called Rethinking how to feed the world. The panel discusses th ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/01/Steve_Wozniak_Creativity_in_the_21st_Century Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recalls the moment he stumbled upon the idea of how to put color into personal computers. The inspiration came during a sleepless four-day and four-night design session while building the Atari game Breakout. "That was probably one of the biggest things Apple ever did," he says. ----- Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and philanthropist in conversation at the Discovery F ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/22/One_Year_Counting_When_Will_Guantanamo_Close Guantanamo whistleblower Stephen Abraham defends the White House's proposal to move Gitmo detainees to the Thomson Correctional Facility in rural northwestern Illinois and calls for a public demolition of the Guantanamo Bay detainment facility. "It's not something we should do subtly," he says. ----- January 22, 2010 marks President Obama's self-imposed deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay detent ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/28/Davos_2010_Special_Session_on_Haiti Former President Bill Clinton offers an emotional plea to the world on behalf of Haiti. In addition to safe, sanitary shelter and schools, Clinton insists that "we need cash more than anything else, because we got enough cooks in the kitchen and not enough coordination and distribution." ----- In a special session of the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, William J. Clinton, Founder, William J. Clinto ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/21/Albie_Sachs_The_Strange_Alchemy_of_Life_and_Law Albie Sachs, a former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa, recalls being placed in solitary confinement without trial while living under South African apartheid. Sachs describes the experience as worse than the car bomb that took his right arm and left him blind in one eye. ----- From a young age, Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. As a ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/18/Uncommon_Knowledge_John_Yoo John Yoo, a former official in the United States Department of Justice, argues that allowing terrorists like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed the opportunity to have a civilian trial presents a great threat to national security. Civilian trials, he says, threaten to give terrorist groups dangerous insight into the workings of U.S. intelligence gathering. ----- John Yoo, who played a significant role in developing a legal just ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/23/Michael_Pollan_on_Food_Rules_An_Eaters_Manual Best-selling author Michael Pollan explains how food marketers have turned his critiques (like don't eat anything with more than five ingredients) into another way to sell consumers more food. His new rule of thumb? "Don't eat any foods you've ever seen advertised on television." ----- Michael Pollan, one of the best-known names in food-related issues, offers a guide about health and food. Food Rul ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/13/Wade_Davis_Why_Ancient_Wisdom_Matters_in_the_Modern_World Wade Davis, author of The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, contrasts Western perception of the Inuit as "savages" with the endless inventiveness he sees in their way of life. "The Inuit didn't fear the cold; they took advantage of it," he says. ----- What does it mean to be human and alive? The thousands of different cultures and languages on Earth have compe ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/15/Tis_the_Season_of_Giving Charles Best, founder of DonorsChoose.org, describes the charity's goal of matching donors with unique school projects. He gives an example of one such pairing, explaining how Stephen Colbert distributes "philanthropic gift certificates" to guests of The Colbert Report. ----- Matthew Bishop, The Economist's New York Bureau Chief, and co-author of the highly acclaimed book Philanthrocapitalism talks with Lauren Bush, of ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/06/Raj_Patel_The_Value_of_Nothing Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing, assesses the effectiveness of cap-and-trade legislation. He argues that the trading aspect of the system benefits "big polluters and even bigger banks" at the expense of consumers, but that placing a legislative cap on pollution has been a success. ----- If economics is about choices, who gets to make them? Activist and academic Raj Patel says that prices often mislead u ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/05/Joe_Biden_Challenges_Facing_Middle_Class_in_21st_Century Vice President Joe Biden blasts America's ever-widening income gap, and argues that a strong middle class is essential for long-term economic security. ----- Vice President Joe Biden, Chair of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families, delivers the opening remarks for a panel of leading scholars discussing the unique challenges facing America's middle class in the 21st century ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/13/Tina_Brown_The_Diana_Chronicles Tina Brown, author of The Diana Chronicles, explains how Princess Diana had a "natural understanding of the power of the media." Princess Diana, however, soon began to use the press as a "weapon" and it "became very ugly" as the media turned on her. ----- Tina Brown, renowned magazine editor, best-selling author and founder of TheDailyBeast.com, discusses Princess Diana and celebrity culture. Brown is the author ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/12/Obamanomics_Is_Obama_Bankrupting_America Timothy Carney explains that government regulations tend to help large corporations because new requirements are often more difficult for smaller companies to follow. From tobacco to climate change, Carney believes many big businesses wear the sheen of reform solely to further their own economic interests. ----- Are Big Business and Big Government enemies? According to journalist and author Tim Carney, ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/25/The_Philosophy_of_Organic_Design Dr. Rachel Armstrong discusses her work creating protocells, programmable technology that "live" but are not "alive." Armstrong explains that these cells do not have DNA and are based on the chemistry of oils. She speculates that protocells could be used to save Venice from sinking. ----- Organic design is a philosophy of design that respects the users is influence by nature, recognizes the process of evolution ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/11/Making_the_Next_Bin_Laden Jarret Brachman summarizes an interview of high-ranking al-Qaeda official Abu Yahya al-Libi (reportedly a likely successor to Osama bin Laden), in which al-Libi taunts the U.S. by offering six strategies the military could use to defeat the terror network. ----- The man now poised to succeed Osama bin Laden as terrorist-in-chief, and the embodiment of the "New Al-Qaeda Man," is Shaykh Abu Yahya al-Libi. Although he ha ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/24/Emmanuel_Jal_A_Boy_Soldiers_Story Emmanuel Jal, musician and author of War Child: A Child Soldier's Story, recounts the "lowest point" in his life when starvation nearly turned him to cannibalism. ----- Emmanuel Jal was born in a tiny village in Southern Sudan, only a short time before the outbreak of civil war. When his mother was killed by government soldiers, he and thousands of other children were recruited by the Sudan People's Liberation ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/05/Jonah_Lehrer_How_We_Decide Author Jonah Lehrer explains how an emotional tendency towards loss aversion can negatively influence a person's decisions. Drawing from an analysis of stock portfolios, Lehrer warns that "unless you know about loss aversion...you're going to make the same mistakes that people have been making forever." ----- Over the last 20 years, neuroscience research has fundamentally changed our understanding of decision making. ...

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/05/The_World_Economy_in_2010 Philip Suttle, a macroeconomist specializing in emerging markets, speculates about probable hurdles to economic recovery in 2010. "We should all be prepared to imagine the unimaginable," he says. ----- The year 2009 -- the worst year for economic performance in recent memory -- is ending on a more positive note with most of the world's major economies growing again. The Carnegie International Economics Program hosts ...

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