Category: Video+discussion

Alex Havasy, discussion facilitator

11 a.m., November 21, 2021

This Sunday we will watch and discuss a video in which Prof. Lawrence Lessig, an American academic, attorney, and political activist, discusses “How the Net Destroyed Democracy”.

This is a 27 minute video recorded in 2017. You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHTBQCpNm5o.

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Alex Havasy, discussion facilitator

11 a.m., November 14, 2021

This Sunday we will watch and discuss the video “Kurt M. Campbell and Laura Rosenberger on U.S.-China Relations | 2021 Oksenberg Conference” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrm5Gthy0qg&t=51s).

National Security Council’s Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell and Senior Director for China and Taiwan Laura Rosenberger describe the shifting U.S. strategic focus on Asia and the Biden administration’s approach to a growingly assertive China.

The 53-minute talk was given last May at the Asian Pacific Research Center (APARC).

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Alex Havasy, discussion facilitator

11 a.m., November 7, 2021

This Sunday we will watch and discuss Bobbie Kirkhart’s acceptance speech to the Secular Student Alliance for their Freethought Backbone Award in 2013.

You can view this 30-minute talk, full of advice and insight for young freethinkers, at https://youtu.be/zz35gK7vWvo.

Bobbie Kirkhart died on October 31. She was 78 years old.

Over nearly four decades, she served as President of both Atheist Alliance International and Atheists United, served on the board of Camp Quest and the advisory board for Humanist Association of Nepal, helped form the Secular Coalition for America, and was an informal advisor and mentor to dozens of freethought leaders.

In 2013, the Secular Student Alliance gave Bobbie the Freethought Backbone Award, to recognize a lifetime of service and secular activism.

You can learn more about Bobbie’s life at https://everloved.com/life-of/roberta-kirkhart/

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Alex Havasy, discussion facilitator

11 a.m., October 31, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum, we will watch and discuss the documentary video “Manufacturing Ignorance”. This is a documentary from the German broadcasting service, Deutsche Welle, showing how companies use science to create uncertainty and mislead the public.

You can view this 42 minute video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frCIYEyURV0.

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Alex Havasy, discussion facilitator

11 a.m., October 17, 2021

At this Sunday’s Humanist Forum we will discuss “Making Choices” after watching two TED Talks on the subject. First psycho-economist Sheena Iyengar will talk about “The Art of Choosing.” Then psychologist Barry Schwartz will talk about “The Paradox of Choice.”

You can pre-watch the videos at:

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