TED is an international non-profit devoted to bringing people together from different disciplines (technology, entertainment, design). It started in 1984 and has broadened its scope to literally hundreds of topics—interesting ideas presented by interesting people. Our library is able to show these recorded talks in our new library conference room.
Every 2nd and 4th Thursday at 12 Noon, a local moderator will introduce and show a preselected TED video. These talks generally run about 20 minutes. After the showing, the moderator will lead a discussion until about 1:00pm, when those that choose to continue the discussion can go to lunch.
On Thursday, August 11th, the video will feature Stephen Pinker talk on the “Myth of Violence”, Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. Mac McCarthy will be the local moderator
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All these events are free and require no advance signup.
