New Yorker Conference Videos: “Stories from the Near Future”

The New Yorker Conference, “Stories from the Near Future,” took place on May 8 and 9, 2008. Here is an archive of videos from the event.

+ Reinventing Invention — “Malcolm Gladwell on the challenge of hiring in the modern world.”
+ Humanitarian Engineering — “Amy Smith talks with Rebecca Mead about applying new technology in the developing world.”
+ The Forever Campaign — “Rahm Emanuel talks to Ryan Lizza about the Democratic primaries, Hillary Clinton’s future, and what the first hundred days of the Obama Administration might look like.”
+ 23 and You — Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki talk with Michael Specter on genetics.
+ The Green City — “San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom talks with Dana Goodyear on what it means to be green in politics and in the world.”
+ A More Perfect Union — “James Surowiecki discusses the future of the labor movement with Andy Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union.”
+ Creative Intelligence — “Jane Mayer talks with Eric Haseltine, the former chief technology officer of the U.S. intelligence community.”
+ Neurobiotics — “Yoky Matsuoka, the director of the neurobotics laboratory at the University of Washington, discusses how brain signals can control prosthetic limbs, and other advances in the hybrid field of neuroscience and robotics.”
+ Making Musicals Rock — “Duncan Sheik talks with Susan Morrison about ‘Spring Awakening’ and reinventing the American musical.”
+ Constructing Culture — “David Adjaye talks with Thelma Golden about architecture in contemporary culture and what buildings can be in the twenty-first century.”
+ Playing With Fire — “Bill Buford talks with the chefs David Chang, Daniel Humm, and Marc Taxiera about their influences and the future of the culinary world.”

Source: The New Yorker

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