60 Second Idea to Improve the World
By BBC World Service
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Podcast Description
A radical, inspiring, controversial idea from a global thinker from the world of philosophy, science, psychology and arts. bbcworldservice.com/forum
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Forum60sec: List the things dearest to you. Dan Everett 02 June 2012 | Linguist Dan Everett says that once a year, everyone should write down the half a dozen or so things he or she believes in most, the things that are most important in their life. And also why. Then they should compare their list with someone from a... | 6/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forum60sec: Link all public squares for debate. Michael Sandel. 26 May 2012 | Philosopher Michael Sandel suggests using new technology to put debate about moral issues into the centre of public life. He wants to use massive interactive wallpaper-like TVs in every public square in towns and cities across the globe to create a... | 5/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forum60sec: Barcode everyone at birth. Elizabeth Moon 19 May 2012 | Sci-fi novelist Elizabeth Moon says that everyone should have a unique ID permanently attached, a kind of barcode or an implanted chip, that would provide an easy, inexpensive way to identify individuals. It would be imprinted or implanted into... | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forum60sec: Only one photo per day. Nick Danziger. 12 May 2012 | Photographer Nick Danziger says that from now on, any device sold with a digital camera should be limited to photographing just one frame a day. You will only have one chance to capture the moment, you won’t get a second one. It will make people... | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 4 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
4 minute fun
Great format and fun variety of ideas and contributors. I am thinking on adapting this idea to use with students and adults in a lesson teaching audacity and podcasting. My favorite of these will always be the one that says politicians should have labels on their clothes like Nascar drivers so their is full disclosure of their "interests."
