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🗓️ 24 March 2013
⏱️ 84 minutes
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0:00.0 | Is Brian Rose from London Real? I am at the Silicon Roundabout, also known as the Old Street |
0:07.0 | roundabout here in London. I think I just saw some snow. It's almost April and I think it's still winter. |
0:15.0 | It reminds me of the Wall and Game of Thrones, but it keeps us strong here in England. |
0:20.0 | This is where Google and all of the high-tech firms are located and it's considered kind of the |
0:27.2 | Silicon Valley of the UK. Now I haven't seen a lot of late-night techies around here |
0:31.9 | but apparently that's where it's at. |
0:34.4 | I'm gonna walk you through Old Street Station and hopefully not get arrested today. |
0:38.7 | Last time I tried this is when we picked up Jack fresco at Waterloo Station and I got caught by the police. |
0:44.8 | They weren't very impressed with my camera work. |
0:46.9 | They're a little sensitive here in the UK, but we're going to give it a try. |
0:51.0 | This week we have Mr Stephen Pinker. He's a Harvard professor of psychology and he's an interesting |
0:58.2 | dude. He talks about cognitive behavior, but he also is a linguist and he has a lot of different |
1:05.4 | things that he talks about his latest book is called Better Angels of Our |
1:09.6 | Nature and he charts the history of violence throughout our civilization and he argues funny enough |
1:16.0 | that the incidents of violence have actually decreased over the last 1,000 years. |
1:21.0 | You know and this guy can drop science from linguism to morality |
1:26.2 | to pretty much everything and it was nice having a Peter Irvine here because he's |
1:30.0 | a former anarchist himself whether he likes to admit it or not and I think Stephen Pinker |
1:35.3 | had a bit bit of anarchy in his past so they had a good vibe going on and also Stephen |
1:41.2 | and I we spent some time at MIT together I think our path is linked just like for about |
1:46.8 | four years there so it's very cool talking to him so I hope you enjoy this |
1:50.6 | episode if you're feeling it just share it on Facebook and Twitter you Hope you've |
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