Robert Wright "The Evolution of God."
Journalist Robert Wright visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "The Evolution of God." This event took place on June 8, 2009,
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Robert Wright interviews Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor emeritus at Harvard. His awards include the National Medal of Science and two Pulitzer Prizes. For more info go to www.meaningoflife.tv.
Edward O. Wilson
Robert Wright interviews Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker
Robert Wright
59 min 2 sec - Jul 1, 2002
Steven Pinker is Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at http://www.mit.edu/%7epinker/ Harvard University.
Steven Pinker
Robert Wright interviews Daniel Dennett
Robert Wright
1 hr 9 min 58 sec - Sep 1, 2004
Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies ... all » at http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/~ddennett.htm Tufts University.
Daniel Dennett
Robert Wright interviews Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor emeritus at Harvard. His awards include the National Medal of Science and two Pulitzer Prizes.
Edward O. Wilson
Robert Wright interviews John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith, who died in 2004 at the age of 84, was one of the major figures in 20th century evolutionary biology. He was professor ... all » emeritus at the http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/faculty/biology/maynard.htm University of Sussex
John Maynard Smith
Robert Wright interviews Robert Pollack
48 min 56 sec - Jul 1, 2002
Robert Pollack is a Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University.
Dr. Robert Pollack is an American biologist who studies the intersections between science and religion. He currently works at Columbia University, where he serves as the director of the university's Center for the Study of Science and Religion and lectures for its Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Additionally, he is a professor of religion at the Union Theological Seminary. From 1982 to 1989 he served as Dean of Columbia College. In addition to teaching, Pollack has authored more than one hundred reviews, articles, and opinion pieces on molecular biology, medical ethics and science education.
Robert Pollack
Robert Wright: Cooperation - Non Zero conflict TED | Talks | (video)
The best-selling author of Nonzero and The Moral Animal, Robert Wright draws on his wide-ranging knowledge of science, religion, psychology, history and politics to figure out what makes humanity tick -- and what makes us moral.
Why you should listen to him: Author Robert Wright thinks the crises the human species now faces are moral in nature, and that our salvation lies in the intelligent pursuit of self-interest. In his book Nonzero, Wright argues that life depends on a non-zero-sum dynamic. While a zero-sum game depends on a winner and loser, all parties in a non-zero-sum game win or lose together, so players will more likely survive if they cooperate. This points to an optimistic future of ultimate cooperation among humans -- if we recognize the game.
Well-respected for his erudition and original thinking (Bill Clinton hailed him as a genius), Wright draws from multiple disciplines -- including science, religion, history and politics -- in his search for big-picture perspectives on today's problems, particularly terrorism, while offering guarded hope for where we might be headed. A Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, Wright also hosts an interview series with celebrated thinkers at Meaningoflifetv.com.
"In this age of intellectual specialization, Wright is one member of the intelligentsia who definitely breaks the mold."
What Is Enlightenment? magazine
About this Talk
Author Robert Wright explains “non-zero-sumness,” a game-theory term describing how players with linked fortunes tend to cooperate for mutual benefit. This dynamic has guided our biological and cultural evolution, he says -- but our unwillingness to understand one another, as in the clash between the Muslim world and the West, will lead to all of us losing the “game.” Once we recognize that life is a non-zero-sum game, in which we all must cooperate to succeed, it will force us to see that moral progress — a move toward empathy — is our only hope.
TED | Talks | Robert Wright: How cooperation (eventually) trumps conflict (video)
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