Video+discussion

Nationalism in the 21st Century

A video of Prof. Yuval Noah Harari, followed by a discussion

11 a.m., September 1, 2019

Nationalism seems to re-emerging in recent times with the rise of such politicians such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson in Great Brittan.

This Sunday we will review a video presentation on this subject by Yuval Harari and discuss the ideas presented in it.

Some things that might be discussed are:

o How did Nationalism come to be started from early tribes?

o Are Nations the right Framwork to meet Human Needs?

o What other forms of Economic and Polical Structures Might be Needed?

o Plus many more

We will watch about 30 minutes of this Video, then open the floor up to discuss the ideas presented. The discussion will be led by Carl Angotti, a long time Humanist Member.

VIDEO PRESENTER

The presenter of this video is Prof. Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializing in world history. His books have been translated into 50+ languages, with 12+ million copies sold.

Among is books are: ‘Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind’ (2014) looks deep into our past, ‘Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow’ (2016) considered far-future scenarios, and ’21 Lessons for the 21st Century’ (2018) zoomed in on the biggest questions of the present moment.

After the Forum, please join us for a lunch at 12:30pm. The lunch is complimentary for first-time visitors and students.

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A Selected Talk from the 2019 AHA Annual Conference

11 a.m., June 9, 2019

A video of a selected talk from the 2019 American Humanist Association Annual Conference will be shown, and then discussed by the attendees. As soon as it’s determined which talk will be shown, that information will be added to this listing.

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To help our Forum series continue, please consider making a donation or becoming a member (http://www.humanists.org/blog/membership/) of the Humanist Community.

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Two Videos about the First Photo of a Black Hole

Presented by Matt Courtney

11 a.m., April 14, 2019

Two videos about the first photo of a black hole, which was just taken, will shown and discussed. (A third video about black holes MAY be shown, if time permits.)

Please join us for a buffet lunch at 12:30pm. If you’re a student, or a first-timer to an HCSV event, lunch is on us. Otherwise, please help by chipping in $10 (or whatever you can afford).

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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

Discussion Leader – Carl Angotti

11 a.m., February 10, 2019

Recently, the HCSV Book Discussion Group read the Jonathan Haidt book – “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”. His book explores the human search for happiness via modern scientific approaches and the ancient wisdom that has been passed on by many former Philosophers and Religious persons. To this end he tries to help encapsulate what is meant by happiness, its pursuits and what might be considered its root causes.

We will use a mixed format of video and other material to explore Haidt’s book among ourselves as it relates to our understanding of happiness and to our lives.

ABOUT JONATHAN HAIDT
(from https://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Haidt/e/B001H6GAXW/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1)

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 and then did post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago and in Orissa, India. He taught at the University of Virginia for 16 years before moving to NYU-Stern in 2011. He was named one of the “top global thinkers” by Foreign Policy magazine, and one of the “top world thinkers” by Prospect magazine.

His research focuses on morality – its emotional foundations, cultural variations, and developmental course. He began his career studying the negative moral emotions, such as disgust, shame, and vengeance, but then moved on to the understudied positive moral emotions, such as admiration, awe, and moral elevation. He is the co-developer of Moral Foundations theory, and of the research site YourMorals.org. He is a co-founder of HeterodoxAcademy.org, which advocates for viewpoint diversity in higher education…….

DISCUSSION LEADER

This video and presentation discussion will be led by Carl Angotti, a longtime member of the Humanist Community. He is trained and worked as an Electronic Engineering Consultant for many years, and has been an amateur student of Philosophy and Psychology since his youth.

Slides from this Forum can be found here.

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Goals for Life – A Video Presentation Followed by a Facilitated Discussion

Facilitated by Richard Hobbs

11 a.m., December 2, 2018

Two TED Talks (ted.com) on goals for life will be shown, and a third TED Talk on the same subject briefly summarized.

Then Richard Hobbs, Executive Director and Co-founder of Human Agenda (http://www.humanagenda.net/), will briefly present the CLEAR vision of Human Agenda, as it relates to the conclusions of the videos.

Then Richard Hobbs will facilitate an audience discussion of all of the material that has been presented.