This is some great stuff by Reggie McNeal.
And the second one…
HT: Brad Brisco
Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how -- if we see it in time -- we can prevent it.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7ANGMy0yo
Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment, how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today, and the role that can be played by organisations such as the RSA.
This is a video with R.C. Sproul, Al Mohler, and Ravi Zacharias discussing post-modernism, modernism, liberalism, and the emergent church. The question is asked, Is there any real difference among the four? I’ll reserve my comments for later...
Tapping into the findings of his latest book, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences — insights with massive...
In this short RSA Animate, philosopher Slavoj Zizek criticizes charity and what he calls “cultural capitalism”¢â‚¬”think TOMS shoes or Fair Trade coffee¢â‚¬”as remedies that only perpetuate an immoral economic system. Very provocative...