The Forum Episodes Episode guide
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The Forum in Beijing
Do the internet and social media empower the Chinese individual or the state?
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Job Satisfaction
What does the notion of job satisfaction mean to you?
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Fear
How do humans and animals cope with one of the strongest emotions: fear
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Whistle-blowers and Rumour-mongers
Who should we believe is telling the truth and why?
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Measuring Impact
Are we too obsessed with metrics and are we measuring the right values?
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The Air You Breathe
Could your 鈥榖reath print鈥� be a marker as unique to you as your finger print?
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Tracking
With smarter technology monitoring our behaviour how far should we compromise privacy?
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The Future of Renewable Energy
How do we develop a practical, reliable and cheap supply of renewable energy?
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Violence
How much is violence a choice, and how much a natural human instinct?
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Letting Go
Can letting go of places, people, ideas and traditions bring big rewards?
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Precision Medicine @ Aspen Ideas Festival
With Margaret Hamburg, Thomas Frieden and Anthony Coles.
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Inner Speech
Talking to yourself 鈥� is it a good thing?
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Sharing Prosperity and Power
All about sharing - wealth, power, responsibility and ideas
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Negotiating Space
How an understanding of space around us is crucial to learn who and what we are
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Shining a Light on Crystals
Crystals are found growing naturally all over the world, so why are we creating new ones?
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Survival at Sea
If by accident you are thrown into icy waters, what can help your chances of survival?
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Can Artists Make the World a Better Place?
Can putting art in unusual places help improve our world?
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Peering into Space at Aspen Ideas Festival
Cutting-edge space science, including asteroids, dark matter and how to detect tiny units
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What Makes Your Adrenaline Flow?
Are high-altitude climbers and multiple marathon runners adrenaline junkies?
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Dust and Ash
How dust helps to keep the planet cooler and nourishes the Amazon rainforest
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Globalisation: is it changing the way we think?
What impact is globalisation having on our sense of personal and national identity?
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Fragility in Nature
Materials, relationships, ecosystems - what makes them resistant - or prone to failure?
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Curiosity
Curiosity has always been with us but how important is it to science and to society?
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Why Do We Tell Stories?
Why do stories have similar narratives over and over again?
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Does Finance Have to be Invisible?
What would it take to fix the underlying flaws in our banking system?
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The Art of Political Decision Making
Political decisions are hard to make. What strategies can be used to take decisive action?
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Silence
From communication and contemplation to obedience and shame, we explore silence
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Us and Them
Why divide ourselves into two camps - is what separates us stronger than what unites us?
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The Mysterious Kingdom of Fungi
The surprising tough and ecological building substance that could reshape our world
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Progress: Are we Making Any?
Advances suggest that things can only get better for the majority of people. Is it true?
