Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate Labor Day? | Kenneth C. Davis
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Why do Americans and Canadians celebrate Labor Day? | Kenneth C. Davis

In the United States and Canada, the first Monday of September is a federal holiday, Labor Day. Originally celebrated in New York City’s Union Square in 1882, Labor Day was organized by unions as a rare day of rest for the overworked during the Industrial Revolution. Kenneth C. Davis illustrates the history of Labor Day from Union Square to today.

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How I accidentally changed the way movies get made | Franklin Leonard

How I accidentally changed the way movies get made | Franklin Leonard

How does Hollywood choose what stories get told on-screen? Too often, it's groupthink informed by a narrow set of ideas about what sells at the box office. As a producer, Franklin Leonard saw too many...

7 Marras 201816min

Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail | Özlem Cekic

Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail | Özlem Cekic

Özlem Cekic's email inbox has been full of hate mail since 2007, when she won a seat in the Danish Parliament -- becoming the first female Muslim to do so. At first she just deleted the emails, dismis...

6 Marras 201815min

The case for curiosity-driven research | Suzie Sheehy

The case for curiosity-driven research | Suzie Sheehy

Seemingly pointless scientific research can lead to extraordinary discoveries, says physicist Suzie Sheehy. In a talk and tech demo, she shows how many of our modern technologies are tied to centuries...

5 Marras 20189min

Science can answer moral questions | Sam Harris

Science can answer moral questions | Sam Harris

Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values ...

3 Marras 201823min

A memory scientist's advice on reporting harassment and discrimination | Julia Shaw

A memory scientist's advice on reporting harassment and discrimination | Julia Shaw

How do you turn a memory, especially one of a traumatic event, into hard evidence of a crime? Julia Shaw is working on this challenge, combining tools from memory science and artificial intelligence t...

2 Marras 20189min

How to let go of being a "good" person -- and become a better person | Dolly Chugh

How to let go of being a "good" person -- and become a better person | Dolly Chugh

What if your attachment to being a "good" person is holding you back from actually becoming a better person? In this accessible talk, social psychologist Dolly Chugh explains the puzzling psychology o...

1 Marras 201811min

How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy | Finn Myrstad

How tech companies deceive you into giving up your data and privacy | Finn Myrstad

Have you ever actually read the terms and conditions for the apps you use? Finn Myrstad and his team at the Norwegian Consumer Council have, and it took them nearly a day and a half to read the terms ...

31 Loka 201812min

Is war between China and the US inevitable? | Graham Allison

Is war between China and the US inevitable? | Graham Allison

Taking lessons from a historical pattern called "Thucydides's Trap," political scientist Graham Allison shows why a rising China and a dominant United States could be headed towards a violent collisio...

30 Loka 201818min

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