David Britten talks about the recent Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand meeting held in Christchurch. Then at 6pm Ave Teth play a heavy set live in the lounge.
Will cryptocurrency profoundly alter the monetary system? What is the future of cryptocurrency? What are the pros and cons? And what do they mean for economics, for power, and for society? Maria Amoudian discusses the questions around cryptocurrency with David Golumbia, Gina C. Pieters, Lee W. McKnight, and Emin Gun Sirer.
What are the differences between race and ethnicity? How is race distinct from ethnicity? What has race and ethnicity meant in politics, education, and society? Maria Armoudian discusses the concepts of race and ethnicity with David Livingstone Smith and Garrett Albert Duncan.
Living life as an infinite game, that is something Niki Harré explores in her new book The Infinite Game. She looks at our society (are people pawns or participants?) and ourselves (what kind of player would you like to be?) to offer a uniquely different vision of how we might live well together. Maria Armoudian explores the concept of the infinite game with Harré.
A widespread 'tale of terror' in Western societies is that people are focused on getting ahead in a world obsessed with money, materialism, individual success and status. But a large body of research in psychology shows that most people's first move in collective settings is to cooperate. Associate Professor Niki Harre's in the studio to teach us a thing or two about selflessness and sustainability. The more you know.
On todays Dear Science with AUT's Allan Blackman, we discuss the discovery of organic molecules found on Mars, a device that can pull water from desert air and the admission of Professor Margaret Brimble to the Royal Society of London.
The science of tipping points: what do they mean for our planet and our ecosystems on land and in water? What causes these sudden changes and how can society be better prepared for such events? Maria Armoudian discusses the phenomenon that is tipping points with Peter Ward, Simon Thrush, and George Perry.
Some call it a post-truth society. With increased media consolidation, fake news, and plummeting trust in the media, what needs to be done to solve our epistemological crisis? Maria Armoudian speaks to Robert Entman and Victor Pickard about fake news and what can be done about it.
Professor Mark Costello is part of the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Auckland and he and his colleagues think New Zealand can lead the world in a kind of ocean management that benefits both nature and society. ...But I thought we'd ruined the oceans, Professor, ...is there still hope!?
The University of Auckland's 2018 Vice Chancellors Lecture Series and Professor Ginny Braun joins Tess in studio to talk about how she came to choose the topic for this years talks; Beyond discrimination, towards inclusion. Ginny chats to Tess about why this is so prominent in today's society internationally and here in little New Zealand.
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