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Are smartphones making us dumb?

Today at 6:45 PM EDT, watch the free live stream from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates with arguments for and against: Smart Technology Is Making Us Dumb.

About the debate: Smart technology grants us unprecedented, immediate access to knowledge and to each other-a ubiquitous and seamless presence in everyday life. But is there a downside to all of this connectivity? It's been said that smart technology creates dependency on devices, narrows our world to echo chambers, and impairs cognitive skills through shortcuts and distraction. Are smart tech devices guiding so much of our decision making that we are losing autonomy without even realizing it? Or are these concerns an overstatement of the negative effects of high-tech consumption?

Arguing for the motion:

Nicholas Carr, Author, The Glass Cage: Automation and Us & The Shallows

Andrew Keen, Internet Entrepreneur & Author, The Internet is Not the Answer

Arguing against the motion:

Genevieve Bell, Anthropologist & VP, Intel Labs

David Weinberger, Researcher, Berkman Center & Author, Too Big to Know                          Click here to watch the debate live!

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Live: Is It Time to Abolish the Death Penalty?

Today at 6:45 PM EDT, watch the free live stream from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates with arguments for and against: Abolish The Death Penalty. About the debate:

Though the death penalty's popularity has been in decline since the 1980s, a recent Gallup poll found that Americans are still largely supportive, with 1 in 6 in favor as punishment for murder. Legal in 32 states, it has come under renewed scrutiny in light of several botched executions in 2014. At the heart of the debate are many complicated questions. Within a flawed criminal justice system, is it possible to know every person's guilt with a sufficient degree of certainty? Does the fear of death reduce crime? Are there race and class biases in sentencing? Are some crimes so heinous in nature that punishment by death is the only appropriate measure, or is capital punishment always immoral? Should we abolish the death penalty? Arguing for the motion:

Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

Barry Scheck, Co-Director, Innocence Project, Cardozo School of Law

Arguing against the motion:

Robert Blecker, Professor, New York Law School

Kent Scheidegger, Legal Director, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation

                      Click here to watch the debate live!

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Today at 6:45 PM EDT, watch the free live stream from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates with arguments for and against: The U.S. Should Adopt The 'Right To Be Forgotten' Online

About the debate: In 2014, the European Union's Court of Justice determined that individuals have a right to be forgotten, "the right-under certain conditions-to ask search engines to remove links with personal information about them." It is not absolute, but meant to be balanced against other fundamental rights, like freedom of expression.

In the half year since the Court's decision, Google has received over 180,000 removal requests. Of those reviewed and processed, 40.5% were granted. Largely seen as a victory in Europe, in the U.S., the reaction has been overwhelmingly negative. Was this ruling a blow to free speech and public information, or a win for privacy and human dignity?

Arguing for the motion:

Paul Nemitz, Dir. of Fundamental Rights & Citizenship, DG Justice, European Commission

Eric Posner, Professor of Law, University of Chicago

Arguing against the motion:

Andrew McLaughlin, CEO, Digg and Instapaper & Fmr. Dir. of Global Public Policy, Google

Jonathan Zittrain, Professor, Harvard Law & Co-Founder, Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Click here to watch the debate live!

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Is America in decline?

Watch Intelligence Squared's 100th debate with arguments for and against: Declinists Be Damned: Bet On America

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America owes $6 trillion to China, our sprawling military complex often appears helpless against disparate threats abroad, and the War on Terror has stripped us of the moral high ground. Washington is paralyzed by bitter partisanship, our children are falling behind their international peers, and our middle class is no longer the world's most affluent. But we've been warned about America's decline before. Remember Sputnik? Yes, times are tough, but America is recovering from the Great Recession faster than any other advanced country, an energy boom could add billions to the GDP, we're still a leader in technological innovation, and our military strength and geopolitical advantages remain unrivaled. Are our best days behind us, or should the world still bet on America?

Arguing for the motion:

Joseph Joffe, Spogli Institute & Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit

Peter Zeihan, Geopolitical Strategist & Author, The Accidental Superpower

Arguing against the motion:

Chrystia Freeland, Member, Parliament of Canada & Journalist

James Rickards, Economist & Author,Currency Wars

Click here to watch the debate live!

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The Future of Advertising Panel

We may love watching Super Bowl ads, but is the traditional commercial break on its way out?

 In this panel discussion, MediaVest CEO Brian Terkelsen, Law & Order: SVU Executive Producer Warren Leight, and true[X] Founder and CEO Joe Marchese debate the future of advertising and predict the future of the industry. 

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Environmental scientist Jesse Ausubel from Rockefeller University in New York argues a smart aquaculture can save seafood and habitats.

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Carol Ward discusses the differences and similarities between humans, great apes and further ancestral branches.

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Film archivist Rick Prelinger unveils footage, donated by filmmaker Craig Baldwin, of the Haight district at the height of the hippie movement and the consequent 'death of the hippie' ceremony.  

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Cristina Eisenberg lectures about the ecological impact of the removal and reintroduction of wolves to North America and Yellowstone in particular.

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Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer of Monsanto Robert Fraley dismisses safety concerns of genetically engineered crops posed by Charles Benbrook of the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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Eric Fischer, data artist and software developer at Mapbox, shows how data points from geotagging, taxi routes, and GPS locations can reveal patterns in big cities.

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President of the British Medical Association Baroness Ilora Finlay and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon debate whether changing the American medical system would give patients more control.

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Today at 6:45 PM EST, watch the free live stream from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates with arguments for and against: Legalize Assisted Suicide

About the debate: In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician-assisted suicide for the...

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Watch LIVE: Legalize Assisted Suicide Debate @ 6:45 PM EST

Today at 6:45 PM EST, watch the free live stream from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates with arguments for and against: Legalize Assisted Suicide

About the debate: In 1994, Oregon voters passed the Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Since then, it has become legal in 4 more states, including New Mexico, where the state court ruling that it is constitutional is under appeal. Is it, in the words of the American Medical Association’s code of ethics, “fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer”? Will these laws lead to a slippery slope, where the vulnerable are pressured to choose death and human life is devalued? Or do we need to recognize everyone’s basic right to autonomy, the right to end pain and suffering, and the right to choose to die with dignity?

Arguing for the motion:

Andrew Solomon, Prof. of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University

Philosopher Peter Singer, Prof. of Bioethics at Princeton University

Arguing against the motion:

Baroness Ilora Finlay, President of the British Medical Association

Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, Member of the Presidential Bioethics Commission

Click here to watch the debate live! 

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The Atlantic will host Inventing the Future of Health: Baton Rouge, streaming live starting at 10:45am EST.

Doctors, researchers, patient advocates, and more will come together to promote better health, improve patient outcomes, and cut costs. Tune in to watch speakers from Million Hearts, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and more.

About the event:

Louisiana is consistently ranked as one of the least healthy states in America, with high rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses that contribute to some of the highest medical costs in the country. The state provides a window into the challenges facing healthcare systems across American, where increasing rates of chronic disease are driving escalating costs - but also are stimulating new solutions. 

Watch and share by visiting http://f4a.tv/1EpgAwq and join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #ATLFutureHealth. 

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In conversation with Will Hearst, photographer Walter Feller describes capturing his perfect shot and how the desert continues to surprise him.  

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Synthetic biologist Drew Endy from iGEM looks at an experiment with small-batch cheeses cultured with various bacteria from the human microbiome.