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Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.They discuss the importance of meditation for his intellectual life, the primacy of stories, the need to revise our fundamental assumptions about human civilization, the threats to liberal democracy, a world without...
While it is easy to extoll—and to exaggerate—the seductive promise of the new, its coming will be a complicated, gradual, and lengthy process constrained by many realities.Vaclav Smil When a bright new idea comes along, it’s easy to imagine a fantastic future for it. Perhaps the best example of...
For members / pleasure of knowledge / show case-technical
by thequestforum · Published September 19, 2018
Disk drives are reaching their limits, but magnetic tape just gets better and better By Mark Lantz It should come as no surprise that recent advances in big-data analytics and artificial intelligence have created strong incentives for enterprises to amass information about every measurable aspect of their businesses. And financial...
For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published September 17, 2018
For members / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / show case-inspirational / View from Giants' shoulder
by thequestforum · Published September 7, 2018
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...
What happens when people don’t know what to believe? Welcome to the world of ‘alternative facts’, where conspiracy theories, false claims and dodgy statistics proliferate. This phenomenon doesn’t just undermine the work of the mainstream media: it may have devastating consequences for democracy itself. Our system depends on...
“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...
Change Agent / For members / show case-inspirational / show case-technical
by thequestforum · Published July 25, 2018 · Last modified July 26, 2018
The quest forum is happy and feel proud that one of our own quester is felicitated with this year’s Design :Impact award for social change https://designimpactawards.in/ (Titan Company Ltd, lifestyle company driven by innovation and design, has launched the ‘Design:Impact Awards for Social Change’ in collaboration with Tata Trusts. With...
Every year on July 18, the world joins South Africa in marking the late Nelson Mandela’s birthday. This year, South Africa celebrated the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Here is Former US President Barrack Obama’s public address at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on the eve of Nelson Mandela...
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