Fresh from his appearance at the Long Now Foundation, which you can see here, X Prize chief Peter Diamandis presents an extraordinary EG ’08 presentation, including video of physicist Stephen Hawking floating in space. Now, the automotive X Prize, bringing to market a new generation of cars. In a chat we had backstage, Peter asks …
Monthly Archive: December 2008
Dec 22
FORA.tv Staff Favorites: Philip Zimbardo on the Psychology of Time
In a recent video post, psychologist Philip Zimbardo discusses his findings while writing The Time Paradox. He divulges in how each of us perceives the concept of time and how it affects our way of interacting and living. It’s absolutely fascinating. After learning of the two time-oriented personalities, I challenge you to reflect on which …
Dec 21
Personal Courage: Ken Kamler and Peter Coyote
Prolific actor and writer Peter Coyote gives the history of the Diggers and, in the process, San Francisco in the ’60′s at a Book Passage reading of Ringolevio, in honor of author and friend Emmett Grogan. He reads his own preface and sections from the book and discusses his own political odyssey, and struggles. It …
Dec 19
Cronan, Wurman and Ferren at EG 08
FORA.tv has published thousands of public forum events online and we have been using Flip video cams to explore what happens backstage at events from the Aspen Ideas Festival to the Democratic and Republican Conventions to last weekend’s EG: The Entertainment Gathering at the storied Monterey Conference Center. So, it was a joy to watch …
Dec 19
EG 08 Conference: The Master (Ricky Wurman) Speaks
Two men who greatly influenced the birth of the FORA brand are Ricky Wurman and Michael Cronan. Wurman is the original impresario behind TED and EG, and provided me with much valued advice at the end of the EG 08 Conference (thanks for the 3 P’s, Ricky). The TED Conference has been around a quarter …
Dec 19
EG 08 The Entertainment Gathering now on FORA.tv
Check out the string of programs we are presenting from the just completed EG ’08 conference in Monterey, California. First up is a hilarious look at technology by The New York Times’ David Pogue whose presentation is book-ended by two piano performances that are not to be missed. On today’s home page, a showstopper from …
Dec 12
FORA.tv Staff Favorites – Pitcairn: A Paradise Lost
Now that 2008 is almost over, I thought I’d take a quick look back at one of my favorite FORA.tv programs that I’ve come across all year. Kathy Marks’ discussion on her book Pitcairn: Paradise Lost is a riveting and disturbing look at a remarkably isolated society in the South Pacific. Populated almost entirely by …