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Event was hosted by the National History center. Welcome to this ongoing series hosted by the National History center. We bring perspective to Current Issues and try to provide historical content that can help to inform policymakers and deal with difficult issues. I would like to start first before introduce this mornings topic and speakers, to think the Carnegie Mellon foundation for funding our program. I would also like to thank the office of congressman Gerry Connolly for arranging meeting space. Above all, i thank, congressmann physics from the 11th the district a phd in physics from the ...

Lake saida is situated in chinas far west on the border with central asia for centuries this Mountain Lake was a strategic transit point along the legendary silk road that ran between europe and the chinese empire. For the nomads living around the lake the opening of the new silk road is in some ways history repeating itself. The trucks have replaced the caravans of the past on the newly built highway. The ambitious project was launched by chinese president xi jinping during a visit to kazakhstan in two thousand and thirteen. Greenish only arc of what things you didnt see. Me shelf was all goi...

Thanks, tim. So i am very happy to be a today to introduce amy webb. Her title as i understand it is quantitative future futurist se totally has the most interesting time of anybody in this room. She founded the future today institute and she teaches at Nyu Stern School of business where she studies how technology and science will disrupt business and ignite geopolitical change. Where she guides universities, industry and governments on how to navigate thates change. She explores a range of intriguing ideas like what she calls quote, fair and equal codebase, as safeguards against the dangers o...

Im stephen sackur. This hardtalk programme, like so many others in the churn of 24 7 news tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. More often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. Are we missing the Bigger Picture about the world we live in . My about the world we live in . My guest psychologist and writer Steven Pinker thinks so. His new book, enlightenment now, isa his new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to Human Progress driven by reason and science. How convincing are his reasons to be cheerful . Theme music plays. St...

Im stephen sackur. This programme, like so many others in the churn of 24 7 news, tends to focus on people and places facing problems and challenges. More often than not we hold the powerful to account for things that went wrong, not right. Are we missing the Bigger Picture about the world we live in . My guest today, the psychologist and writer, steven pinker, certainly thinks so. His new book, enlightenment now, is a paean to Human Progress driven just how convincing are his reasons to be cheerful . Steven pinker welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. This idea of the enlightenment is very dear to ...