Saturday February 11 / Sunday February 12

Charles Taylor and Jonathan Sacks on The Future of Religion
Charles Taylor and Jonathan Sacks on The Future of Religion in a Secular Age
Charles Taylor

Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Philosophy, McGill University

Jonathan Sacks

Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth

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Saturday February 18 / Sunday February 19

Steven Pinker on Thinking About Our Society
Steven Pinker on Thinking About Our Society: Why Violence Has Declined.
Steven Pinker

Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

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Big Ideas Producers' Picks

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Jordan Peterson on The Necessity of Virtue
January 15, 2011
Psychology professor and author, Jordan Peterson, on The Necessity of Virtue
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Noam Chomsky on Academic Freedom
May 20, 2011
Noam Chomsky on Academic Freedom and the Corporatization of Universities
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Hod Lipson on Programmable Matter: Shape of Things to Come
November 17, 2011
Hod Lipson discusses the future of 3-D printing in his lecture entitled, Programmable Matter: The Shape of Things to Come
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Bonus Material

Sci-Fi Writer Robert J. Sawyer on Artificial Intelligence

Following his lecture at the Gardiner Museum, science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer responded to questions from the audience. This is an excerpt from the Q&A.