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Charles Jencks
A talk in which landscape architect Charles Jencks calls for a new cosmic art.
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Neuro-scientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore discusses dramatic changes in the teenage brain.
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Were the Luddites Right?
Rana Mitter chairs a debate about the Luddite movement, to mark its 200th anniversary.
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Susie Orbach
Susie Orbach challenges the obsession with personal change at Free Thinking 2011.
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Aditya Chakrabortty
Economist Aditya Chakrabortty examines the impact of economic change on society.
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What is the Future of Civilisation as the Oil Runs Out?
Anne McElvoy chairs a talk about the impact of a future energy crisis on our way of life.
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Can We Stop the Mania for Change?
Philip Dodd chairs a debate on obsession with change, with Molly Dineen and Giles Fraser.
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Julian Savulescu - The Moral Obligation to Improve
Julian Savulescu makes the case for human enhancement at the 2011 Free Thinking festival.
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Linda Colley
Historian Linda Colley delivers a lecture entitled The Present and the Past of Change.
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New Generation Thinker: David Petts—The Free Thinking Essay
5/5 David Petts calls for the preservation of the industrial heritage of the North East.