In this program, three different TED Talks are screened every week. Each screening is hosted by a volunteer and followed by a facilitated discussion in the style of a philosopher’s café.
Facilitator: Marcin
Room: Piano Room
Please register at 604-669-5051. This program is by donation.
January 3:
• The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it (Katherine Hayhoe)
• How to be “Team Human” in the digital future (Douglas Rushkoff)
• Uber`s plan to get more people into fewer cars (Travis Kalanick)
January 10:
• How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion (Michel Laberge)
• How societies can grow old better (Jared Diamond)
• Smart failure for a fast-changing world (Eddie Obeng)
January 17:
• How to motivate people to do good for others (Erez Yoeli)
• Let`s teach for mastery – not test scores (Sal Khan)
• Stunning photos of the endangered Everglades (Mac Stone)
January 24:
• Are you giver or taker? (Adam Grant)
• How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids (Alan Crickmore)
• Where do your online returns go? (Aparna Mehta)
January 31:
• Radical possibilities of man-made DNA (Floyd E. Romesberg)
• Why some of us don`t have one true calling (Emilie Wapnick)
• The most mysterious star in the universe (Tabetha Boyajian)
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