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at harvard and farther afield. to present to you the learned and general public cultivated public what our findings are and to open them for discussion with all of you. today we have a really special treat for all of us about a subject that is filled with pain and joy and wrecking mission of the challenges of the human past and of assuming our responsibility as historians, as archeologists and as archaeal scientists to understand the past. however unpleasant it may be, this event is close, sponsored by various departments and programs at harvard, the department of african and african american studies history, human evolutionary biology, the hutchins center for african and african american research at the initiative for the science of the human past and of course, the standing committee on archeology. the goal of the initiative for the science of the human past, which is about a dozen years old now at harvard, is to weave together the different scholars and laboratories and seminars and research programs afoot in th
at harvard and farther afield. to present to you the learned and general public cultivated public what our findings are and to open them for discussion with all of you. today we have a really special treat for all of us about a subject that is filled with pain and joy and wrecking mission of the challenges of the human past and of assuming our responsibility as historians, as archeologists and as archaeal scientists to understand the past. however unpleasant it may be, this event is close,...
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mach, you asked whether when asked at the time whether harvard was embarrassed by professor, a harvard spokesman stated that all of its faculty had strange interests and quote, they are all weird and one way or another can you talk about not harvard but this with sagan and dr. mach yeah so john mach becomes one of the most fascinating of ufology in the 1990s as he pioneered is really the scientific study of people who report abductions. and i spent a couple of chapters of the book looking at the phenomena of alien abduction once and what what mark really to understand and there are a couple of people in this world who sort of study this actually a very famous artist named budd hopkins, who's a writer in his own way, who gets interested in this, a couple of others. and and john mack calls them experi answers because he does not want to. prejudge one way or another what actually happened to these people and that alien abductions really. come to the fore. this in the late 1960s and then really peak in the 1980s, early nineties and the the psychiatrist to study them really believed that so
mach, you asked whether when asked at the time whether harvard was embarrassed by professor, a harvard spokesman stated that all of its faculty had strange interests and quote, they are all weird and one way or another can you talk about not harvard but this with sagan and dr. mach yeah so john mach becomes one of the most fascinating of ufology in the 1990s as he pioneered is really the scientific study of people who report abductions. and i spent a couple of chapters of the book looking at...
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of english and african-american studies at harvard. a great critic. a great novelist as well. recent wine award winner for his last book, who will pay reparations on my soul. this is a critical survey, actually, but i don't want to philip short it if we are really smart. our revisionist history that seeks to quarrel with this binary of cold war politics, specifically how it impacted black writers. there's this perception he's trying to capture where the feeling of being martyred in american culture and then this feeling of being used by soviet communism. an example why the american system is failing. kind of what black writers to the search for a more autonomous and individualist path with their esthetics. the title is a reference to miles davis in the 50th. and the idea that his music was more cerebral, like the parsing and the sort of searching of his notes, the brevity was sort of a reflection of a thought rather than like a sort of a straight musical or theoretical approach. and he kind of mccarthy kind of looks at. richard wright and gwendolyn brooks, james baldwin, as we
of english and african-american studies at harvard. a great critic. a great novelist as well. recent wine award winner for his last book, who will pay reparations on my soul. this is a critical survey, actually, but i don't want to philip short it if we are really smart. our revisionist history that seeks to quarrel with this binary of cold war politics, specifically how it impacted black writers. there's this perception he's trying to capture where the feeling of being martyred in american...
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of english and african-american studies at harvard. a great critic. a great novelist as well. recent wine award winner for his last book, who will pay reparations on my soul. this is a critical survey, actually, but i don't want to philip short it if we are really smart. our revisionist history that seeks to quarrel with this binary of cold war politics, specifically how it impacted black writers. there's this perception he's trying to capture where the feeling of being martyred in american culture and then this feeling of being used by soviet communism. an example why the american system is failing. kind of what black writers to the search for a more autonomous and individualist path with their esthetics. the title is a reference to miles davis in the 50th. and the idea that his music was more cerebral, like the parsing and the sort of searching of his notes, the brevity was sort of a reflection of a thought rather than like a sort of a straight musical or theoretical approach. and he kind of mccarthy kind of looks at. richard wright and gwendolyn brooks, james baldwin, as we
of english and african-american studies at harvard. a great critic. a great novelist as well. recent wine award winner for his last book, who will pay reparations on my soul. this is a critical survey, actually, but i don't want to philip short it if we are really smart. our revisionist history that seeks to quarrel with this binary of cold war politics, specifically how it impacted black writers. there's this perception he's trying to capture where the feeling of being martyred in american...
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a harvard harvard university just published a study finding that during the pandemic, 78% of fathers said that by working from they got closer to their children and they don't want to lose that. what i thought was cool is, you see, underneath that it was reported the new york times. so family friendly policies. i don't say family friendly because. most people think that means women father friendly policies is government should encourage corporations to take on. thank you very much. good morning. afternoon. and i'm so happy to be here and that the heritage is taking this cause. i've been talking about it for many years. many of us had, and at least think tanks to take it seriously. if no one else does. thomas mortenson is a senior scholar at the pell institute. the study of opportunity in higher and that's a philanthropic group that, as its name implies it looks for ways to improve opportunity cities for disadvantaged groups. well in the 1980s early eighties mortenson looked with great satisfaction at the data because it had been the case especially before title nine. there were more
a harvard harvard university just published a study finding that during the pandemic, 78% of fathers said that by working from they got closer to their children and they don't want to lose that. what i thought was cool is, you see, underneath that it was reported the new york times. so family friendly policies. i don't say family friendly because. most people think that means women father friendly policies is government should encourage corporations to take on. thank you very much. good...
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nobody's the we'll see what happens to harvard. and penn and mit, they appear to be going through a rough patch. one of the i think is right now without a president maybe two more soon will be although i think gay is going to survive at harvard. that's my but you know hey they suffered like this in a long time so maybe that's something to look forward to or something to be optimistic about. another reason, though, why they hang on is because they seized i don't i don't i mean this only in the sense of perception right? they've seized the moral high ground they occupy moral high ground. not literally. i don't think they hold the actually true moral position but they sound like they do they're always able to couch they want or whatever they do or their priority is or whatever this action that appears to the rest of us to be hypocritical, they're always able to it in terms that sound extremely moral so that the regular person that senator was talking about, not the think tank egghead, was right, not the engaged participant, not the ca
nobody's the we'll see what happens to harvard. and penn and mit, they appear to be going through a rough patch. one of the i think is right now without a president maybe two more soon will be although i think gay is going to survive at harvard. that's my but you know hey they suffered like this in a long time so maybe that's something to look forward to or something to be optimistic about. another reason, though, why they hang on is because they seized i don't i don't i mean this only in the...
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bryan conant, university professor, and she directs harvard's allen lab for democracy renovation. we might get back to that later, by the way. she previously was a professor at the institute for advanced study at princeton. in 2020, she was awarded the library of congress's john w kluge prize. and before that, in 2000, one, she was a macarthur foundation fellow. she's the author of a number of excellent books, most recently justice by means of democracy which i think came out this year and in 2015, she wrote our declaration a reading of the declaration of independence in defense of equality. and i guess that brings us to your remarks. thank you so much for joining us. so much out of so stand up here for the sake of establishing a pairing with my co panelists. it's and i guess i don't need this actually do i or do i. this one. it's an honor to be here a privilege to. be a part of this conversation. and it was such a special opportunity. be able to listen to professor wood's. thank you, yuval, for giving us. the chance to hear that expansive conversation. and professor wood, thank y
bryan conant, university professor, and she directs harvard's allen lab for democracy renovation. we might get back to that later, by the way. she previously was a professor at the institute for advanced study at princeton. in 2020, she was awarded the library of congress's john w kluge prize. and before that, in 2000, one, she was a macarthur foundation fellow. she's the author of a number of excellent books, most recently justice by means of democracy which i think came out this year and in...
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time 100 ai new times, harvard business review and rolling stone. dr. william sweeney is the protagonist of the emmy nominated documentary coded bias. she a rhodes scholar, world economic young global leader and recipient of the technological innovation award from martin luther king jr center. fortune magazine named the conscience of the revolution. dr. bowman mooney earned, a ph.d. and master's degree from mit, her master's of science. from oxford university with distinction and a bachelor's degree in computer science from the georgia institute of technology. sinead bovell is, a futurist and the founder of way, an that prepares youth for future with advanced technologies and a focus on nontraditional and minority markets. chanel is a regular tech commentator. cnn talk shows and morning shows. she's been the educator for the non by vogue magazine and to date, she has educated over 200,000 young entrepreneurs on the future of technology. chanel is an eight time united nations speaker. she has given formal addresses to presidents, royalty and fortune 500
time 100 ai new times, harvard business review and rolling stone. dr. william sweeney is the protagonist of the emmy nominated documentary coded bias. she a rhodes scholar, world economic young global leader and recipient of the technological innovation award from martin luther king jr center. fortune magazine named the conscience of the revolution. dr. bowman mooney earned, a ph.d. and master's degree from mit, her master's of science. from oxford university with distinction and a bachelor's...
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[laughter] i got to shut up but we were at harvard university. i was doing a fellowship and he was doing he was the mayor. where the got a position or not. and we had that conversation we also have the conversation about how we have to work together. and how we have to organize together. how we have to unify. the reality is we have to come together now. we have to do it now when you go back home urban league? you have to respect at all to bring you the information. i also member the urban league would get in the streets. in the streets to manage them both. >> us give a big round of applause. we have got a few minutes i will call for a question. and then i'm going to call on william barnes a. where are you wilma william you are just there in my eyesight. the president of the advisory council of the executive for a question. and then i'm going to call on you, jennifer for question. so, i these questions note sermons no, sir venezia. you to make a brief statement sit what you think that's cool, and eight -- 10 minutes, ron thank you for being here t
[laughter] i got to shut up but we were at harvard university. i was doing a fellowship and he was doing he was the mayor. where the got a position or not. and we had that conversation we also have the conversation about how we have to work together. and how we have to organize together. how we have to unify. the reality is we have to come together now. we have to do it now when you go back home urban league? you have to respect at all to bring you the information. i also member the urban...
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he's academic post at boston university, harvard, among other institutions. he currently teaches at brandeis university. bob was also a staff writer and a columnist for the washington post. chief investigator for the senate banking committee. executive director of president carter's national commission on neighborhoods. and economics editor of the new republic. he's won numerous prestigious awards, journalism awards as well. the paul hoffman award of the united nations development program for his lifetime on economic efficiency as well as social justice. he's educated at oberlin college, london school of economics and university of california at berkeley. he's also the author of 14 books, including the 28 new york times bestseller obama's challenge america's crisis and the power of transform primitive presidency. bob is here today because has written a incredibly interesting and timely book and the is going big. fdr his legacy biden's new deal and the struggle to save democracy. in this book, bob draws a line through a line from fdr to joe biden and describes
he's academic post at boston university, harvard, among other institutions. he currently teaches at brandeis university. bob was also a staff writer and a columnist for the washington post. chief investigator for the senate banking committee. executive director of president carter's national commission on neighborhoods. and economics editor of the new republic. he's won numerous prestigious awards, journalism awards as well. the paul hoffman award of the united nations development program for...
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and thanks also to harvard books response airing this event. my book, as people have already mentioned, is about the outsized power of finance economically and politically. i ask, how does this finance industry, especially mega banks like chase bank of america and the others, sustain their economic and political power and the huge incomes of their ceos and their investors, despite threatening major financial crises every decade or so? while demanding government bailouts on a frequent basis now, some argue that these financial titans so big and so powerful because they provide such services to our economy. these bankers in words are essential workers. but busting the bankers shows that these megabanks, private equity firms, hedge funds, etc., actually, on balance, a drain on our economy. this is because of their misallocation of human and financial resources. the frequent financial crises they cause and the outsize profits and incomes they extract from society. by the way, this particular statement that i just made to and a lot of the background
and thanks also to harvard books response airing this event. my book, as people have already mentioned, is about the outsized power of finance economically and politically. i ask, how does this finance industry, especially mega banks like chase bank of america and the others, sustain their economic and political power and the huge incomes of their ceos and their investors, despite threatening major financial crises every decade or so? while demanding government bailouts on a frequent basis now,...
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he had his doctorate from harvard university. when it came to south carolina he hung with the people. he said if there is no justice there will be no peace. this is the president of the university. he said to us, when we decide to mobilize, to march, january 17, 2000, we decided to march to bring down the confederate flag. they called me and said we only need 10,000 people to march. i said, wait a minute. we can get 60,000 people to a football game. why can't we get 60,000 people to march? we could not do it by ourselves. in south carolina we had a collectivist -- collective effort. we worked very closely with the naacp and other civic organizations. we mobilized and we were able -- we met at benedict college and brought people in. a lot of times leaders want to lead and the followers can't see them. we had to bring the people to the table and discuss it. whether or not we are going to be able to put this march together for january 17. we said we don't have enough time. so we said we can do it. we voted, we are going to do it. we
he had his doctorate from harvard university. when it came to south carolina he hung with the people. he said if there is no justice there will be no peace. this is the president of the university. he said to us, when we decide to mobilize, to march, january 17, 2000, we decided to march to bring down the confederate flag. they called me and said we only need 10,000 people to march. i said, wait a minute. we can get 60,000 people to a football game. why can't we get 60,000 people to march? we...
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he holds degrees from georgetown university and harvard, although in the latter case they resent him for it. and he lives in the pacific northwest with his wife and three sons. tonight joins us here in the heart of the swamp in washington, dc. please welcome chris rufo. thank you. it's great to. be here. let's not drop the award shatter it. and i'd be a little embarrassing. it's great to be here, to be honored for a book. this is my first book. i've directed films, which is a much more active enterprise. you go into some forgotten territory you spent a year of your life observing something in the wild and then spend time huddled in a dark room editing something into shape. by contrast, the book is actually much easier. and then so. so it's been kind of a fun thing to to write this book, but what i think i'd like to talk about tonight is that, you know, a book either be dead or alive. there are many books that are kind of spiritually or politically dead, even if they have some content to them. but what i tried to do with this book is to make sure that it was not oriented towards the g
he holds degrees from georgetown university and harvard, although in the latter case they resent him for it. and he lives in the pacific northwest with his wife and three sons. tonight joins us here in the heart of the swamp in washington, dc. please welcome chris rufo. thank you. it's great to. be here. let's not drop the award shatter it. and i'd be a little embarrassing. it's great to be here, to be honored for a book. this is my first book. i've directed films, which is a much more active...
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we are so pleased that it is this event at harvard bookstore tonight. please join in welcoming lee mcintyre and hank ryan. a tour de force he called it a tour de force. i sent michael a big bag of cash to tell you. did not. you did not welcome tonight and thank you for this marvelous, thought provoking book. just to start, just for the basics. what is disinformation? and we'll get a lot more into it. but just so we know what we're starting, you started with most important question of all because what drives me crazy is when i see newscasters always saying misinformation, they mean disinformation. misinformation is a mistake. it's an accident. it's when you believe a falsehood just by accident. just happen to believe something that's false disinformation, a lie. this information isn't intentional falsehood that by someone who has an agenda they want you to believe the falsehood because it serves not you. and that's interesting because. a falsehood that is created to be told has a motivation behind it. and someone is being fed some sort of information and
we are so pleased that it is this event at harvard bookstore tonight. please join in welcoming lee mcintyre and hank ryan. a tour de force he called it a tour de force. i sent michael a big bag of cash to tell you. did not. you did not welcome tonight and thank you for this marvelous, thought provoking book. just to start, just for the basics. what is disinformation? and we'll get a lot more into it. but just so we know what we're starting, you started with most important question of all...
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she's the recipient of fellowships from the guggenheim foundation, the nih, harvard university and the whiting foundation. she was a fellow here, the common center in 2018 to 2019. we owe her i owe her a special debt of gratitude for serving really wonderfully for two years as the interim director of the common center. until last month. please help me. welcome back to the center martha hodes and stacy schiff. thank you, salvator martha, i'm so delighted to join you here. no one. what? no one tells you about the cullman center is that when you have the feeling that you have been expelled from paradise. so i'm very, very happy to be back. it's very bittersweet, but i'm thrilled to be back with you. this book, happy, is about what happened to you in 1970, but it's also about how you retrieved those that 50 year old history. so i just thought we should start with an overview of what actually happened before we get into the reconstructing, what actually happened. do you want to just describe the hijacking with a little bit of context? do and i will. i also just want to say very quickly, tha
she's the recipient of fellowships from the guggenheim foundation, the nih, harvard university and the whiting foundation. she was a fellow here, the common center in 2018 to 2019. we owe her i owe her a special debt of gratitude for serving really wonderfully for two years as the interim director of the common center. until last month. please help me. welcome back to the center martha hodes and stacy schiff. thank you, salvator martha, i'm so delighted to join you here. no one. what? no one...
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and while i felt like a pilgrimm in anaheim the holy land, i took this case to harvard university this past year to the variability of the beast and i delivered to them in an inconvenient truth that coal, oil and natural gas are vital. i asked that we never lose sight of the determination and resolve of wyoming people. to see an example of that. they were trailing by nine points in the fourth quarter and the coaches final game. they didn't give up and they found a way. third generation football player frank will be representing wyoming at the combine at the end of the month and the nfl draft in april. [applause] we would like to have craig but he can't come. congratulations on a phenomenal season. [applause] please stay resolute and focused on the task at hand like frank and his teammates. let's put our heads down and do what needs to be done during this legislative session. finally, god was wyoming and diesel united states. [applause]
and while i felt like a pilgrimm in anaheim the holy land, i took this case to harvard university this past year to the variability of the beast and i delivered to them in an inconvenient truth that coal, oil and natural gas are vital. i asked that we never lose sight of the determination and resolve of wyoming people. to see an example of that. they were trailing by nine points in the fourth quarter and the coaches final game. they didn't give up and they found a way. third generation football...