Category: Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

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Quest foundation day special 2018-

  It was started in November  2010 with just two members B.Prasad (electronic science dept)  and Abimanu Chawla(Project Trainee from VIT). The latter coined the name and designed the logo/above poster of the forum. They were zeroth members of the forum and the first member of the forum...

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Waking Up with Sam Harris-Sacred & Profane (with Bill Maher and Larry Charles)

In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris gets together with Bill Maher and Larry Charles to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their film “Religulous.” They discuss religion, politics, comedy, and other dangerous topics. Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can...

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TimesTalks | Yuval Noah Harari-21 lessons for 21st century

Bari Weiss, Op-Ed staff editor and writer at The New York Times, will join Yuval Noah Harari, historian, philosopher and international best-selling author of “Sapiens” and “Homo Deus” for a thought-provoking evening of conversation. Harari’s new book, “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” untangles political, technological, social and...

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Why fascism is so tempting — and how your data could power it-Harari (Quest special)

“You should never underestimate human stupidity. It is one of the most powerful forces that shape history.“- Harari In a profound talk about technology and power, author and historian Yuval Noah Harari explain the important difference between fascism and nationalism — and what the consolidation of our data...

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The Evolution of Consciousness – Yuval Noah Harari Panel Discussion(Quest Saturday special)

How will human decision-making processes, accountability, empathy, trust and even consciousness be impacted by the technological revolution and the rise of artificial intelligence? From the World Economic Forum annual meeting 2018 – a panel discussion featuring Prof. Yuval Noah Harari, Prof. Daniel C. Dennett, Prof. Jodi Halpern and...

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The Theory of Everything-Stephen Hawking (Quest tribute-special offer)

As a grand finale to the tribute to Prof.Stephen Hawking here is his biopic. The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film which is set at Cambridge University and details the life of physicist Stephen Hawking. It was directed by James Marsh, and adapted by Anthony McCarten from the memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane...