16/06/2012 GMT
How can we best utilize the new connections that bind the world together and transform politics, economics and neuroscience?
On the Forum this week, we explore connections: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Thomas Friedman argues that the best way for the USA to overcome its present economic difficulties is to re-define its ties with the rest of the world and re-think its educational policy. British economist Paul Ormerod believes that we need to combine standard economic analysis with the psychology of crowds if we want to understand how people in 21st century make decisions. And Korean-American neuroscientist Sebastian Seung has begun a pioneering project to map every single neural connection in our brains, all the many billions of them.
Illustration by Emily Kasriel: connections within our brain and across the world.
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Chapters
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Part 1
Thomas Friedman
Duration: 12:41
Paul Ormerod
Paul Ormerod
Duration: 10:19
Part 2 60 Second Idea
Paul Ormerod: Ban economists from governments
Duration: 04:24
Sebastian Seung
Sebastian Seung
Duration: 13:06
Broadcasts
- Sat 16 Jun 2012 22:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 17 Jun 2012 01:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
- Sun 17 Jun 2012 11:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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The Forum
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