On the Future of Education.
Noam Chomsky, Linguist/Political Activist, M.I.T.
On Power Systems.
Mac Maharaj, Advisor to Nelson Mandela and Anti-Apartheid revolutionary.
On Globalization and the Knowledge Revolution.
1. What is the function of a human?
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Sathyandranath Ragunanan "Mac" Maharaj began his political career as a freedom fighter taking on South Africa's Anti-Apartheid regime. He spent twelve years imprisoned on Robbin Island with Nelson Mandela, during which time he secretly transcribed Mandela's memoir "A Long Walk to Freedom", before smuggling it off the island. Following his release he continued his fight against Apartheid commanding Operation Vula. Later he would help negotiate South Africa's transition to their first ever democratic elections, before finally being made Minister of Transport under the newly elected Mandela.
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2. What is the function of civilization?
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Meet John Hennessy
John Hennessy arrived to a "pre-internet" Stanford in 1977, initially serving as faculty in what was at that time a newly emerging field of computer science. In the years to follow he would both witness and directly participate in Stanford and the greater Silicon Valley's role as catalyst of the global technological revolution. A revolution which he notes really took off with the development of the integrated circuit. In 1999 he was appointed to succeed Condoleeza Rice as University Provost, before then being named President of Stanford in 2000.
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3. How would you describe the interaction of self-interest and mutual-interest?
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Avram Noam Chomsky is regarded in much of the academic world as the father of modern linguistics, transforming it during the course of his research at M.I.T. from an obscure discipline into a major social science. Central to this accomplishment was Chomsky's development of his theory regarding universal language. He laid the foundation for this theory in Syntactic Structures, a book which many computer scientists have since noted as being heavily influential towards their development of code. Today Chomsky lectures worldwide and has become quite known for his political activism.
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4. How would you describe the concept of money?
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5. What patterns have you noticed over the course of your career?
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6. What do you hope for?
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Noam Chomsky
-on the struggle for rights and gradual reduction of power systems.
Mac Maharaj
-on dealing with fear in a rapidly changing world.
John Hennessy
-a neat story on the origins of Stanford University.
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