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Paul Streeten: Technological Nightmares, Part 2
Paul Streeten completes his two-part lecture on technological progress. In this second discussion, he poses a question to his audience: should we try to slow down technological progress? He gives reasons why we shouldn't - international trade and [...]military defense require up-to-speed technology, for example - but also lists reasons we should control technological progress.
Hosted by Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on October 14, 2003.
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Paul Streeten: Technological Nightmares, Part 1
Paul Streeten discusses the topic of technological progress - namely, the negative consequences often attributed to such progress. Advancements in technology are unfairly tied to things like pollution and environmental degradation, he says, and for [...]decades, doomsayers have wrongly predicted that the world is coming to an end.
Hosted by Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on October 7, 2003.
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Murray Gell-Mann, Thinking About the Future: The Big Picture
Murray Gell-Mann, the 2004-2005 Pardee Visiting Professor of Future Studies, argues that global problems cannot be considered in isolation, and he wonders about the best ways to separate environmental issues from those involving population growth.
[...]Hosted by Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on September 27, 2005.
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Freeman Dyson: Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society
Freeman Dyson with dry wit and self-effacing good humor explains that by heretical he means ideas that go against prevailing dogmas, and that in his self-appointed role as heretic, he is unimpressed by conventional wisdom.
Hosted by Pardee Center [...]for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on November 1, 2005.
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2019 Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture Featuring Marcia McNutt
Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences, gave the 2019 Distinguished Lecture hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on March 5, 2019. The lecture was titled, “The Past, Present & [...]Future of Truth."
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A Day In the Life at Boston University - Sally Kim (Pardee'18)
Trying to picture what life at BU will be like? Follow Sally Kim (CAS'18, Pardee'18) as she gives us a peek at a typical day on campus.
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2018 Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture Featuring Diana Liverman
Prof. Diana Liverman, a leading expert on the human dimensions of global environmental change and the impacts of climate on society, gave the 2018 Distinguished Lecture hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future [...]on April 6, 2018. The lecture was titled "A Complex Dilemma: The Intersections of Poverty, Gender, Ethnicity, and Race in Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation."
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Ground Breaking Climate Legislation: The Case for Massachusetts Senate Bill 2056
Senate Bill #2056, authored by State Senator Mike Barrett (D-Lexington), would give Massachusetts taxpayers the option to donate a portion of their tax return to the United Nations Least Developed Countries Fund. This Fund specifically helps the [...]poorest and most vulnerable countries in the world adapt to the devastating effects of climate change.
Featured are Adil Najam (Dean of Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies), David Cash (Dean of John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston), Barbara Kates-Garnick (Former Undersecretary of Energy of Massachusetts), and State Senator Mike Barrett (D-Lexington).
This effort is also supported by Oxfam America, Oxford Climate Policy, and Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy.
Contact your State Senators to show your support for this piece of legislation!
Visit www.mass4climate.com to learn more.
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2017 Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture: Biology and Climate Change
Prof. Thomas E. Lovejoy, an innovative and accomplished conservation biologist who coined the term “biological diversity,†gave the 2017 Distinguished Lecture hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range [...]Future on March 28, 2017.
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