Podcasts about Human Age

In this episode of Animals & Us - Voices of a New Paradigm, we are joined by the renowned Dr. Marc Bekoff, an animal behavior specialist. With a rich background that includes collaboration with the iconic Jane Goodall, Dr. Bekoff shares his profound insights into the emotional lives of animals and their spiritual connections with humans.We delve into topics such as intuitive interspecies communication, the intrinsic value of all living beings, and how recognizing animals' spiritual experiences can transform public perceptions and policies around animal rights and welfare. Dr. Bekoff discusses the powerful bonds we share with our animal companions and how these relationships can foster deeper understanding and compassion.What we talked about:The spiritual lives of animals: Dr. Bekoff shared his insights into how animals experience what we would consider spiritual moments—a topic he has explored in his essays like "Do Animals Have Spiritual Experiences? Yes, They Do."Animal emotions: We tackled the age-old question, "Do animals have emotions?" (Spoiler: Yes, they do!), and discussed why these emotional lives are so important to understanding animals' intrinsic value.Skepticism from the scientific community: Dr. Bekoff reflected on the skepticism he's faced over the years, particularly from the scientific community. But the tides are shifting—more people are opening their minds to the reality of animal emotions and spirituality.Spirituality and conservation: We also explored how acknowledging the spiritual side of animals can shift the way we approach conservation and animal rights. How does this deeper connection lead to a greater drive for protecting the fellow beings we share our home with?Collaboration with Dr. Jane Goodall: Dr. Bekoff shared the story of how he met and began working with Dr. Jane Goodall, one of the greatest champions of animal welfare.About Dr. Marc Bekoff:A professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Marc has published 31 books (or 41, depending on how you count multi-volume encyclopedias). He has won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection, has worked closely with Jane Goodall as co-chair of the ethics committee of the Jane Goodall Institute, and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. He also works closely with inmates at the Boulder County Jail. In June 2022, Marc was recognized as a Hero by the Academy of Dog Trainers. His books include The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age, Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible, and A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans. Marc's latest books are Dogs Demystified: An A to Z Guide to All Things Canine, the second edition of The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy―and Why They Matter, and

Dental features have been used to estimate age in humans for centuries and may be used with great accuracy in both living and deceased individuals. However, refinement of these techniques to align with modern clinical practice is ongoing. Dr Hosam Alharbi and colleagues at Qassim University in Saudi Arabia have introduced an amended version of an established technique to assess whether dental imaging systems used in modern clinics are suitable for determining human age.

On today's The Truth Central, Dr. Jerome Corsi examines:The #SupremeCourt says Texas can take action on illegal immigration, handing #Biden a huge lossWill a proposed Biden #impeachment actually happen?#Putin scoffs at and threatens #France over soldiers being sent to #UkraineHow #capitalism in the #US turned into #corporatismAre we really in the ‘Anthropocene,' the Human Age? What do #scientists say?Get Dr. Corsi's new book, The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The Final Analysis: Forensic Analysis of the JFK Autopsy X-Rays Proves Two Headshots from the Right Front and One from the Rear, here: https://www.amazon.com/Assassination-President-John-Kennedy-Headshots/dp/B0CXLN1PX1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20W8UDU55IGJJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ymVX8y9V--_ztRoswluApKEN-WlqxoqrowcQP34CE3HdXRudvQJnTLmYKMMfv0gMYwaTTk_Ne3ssid8YroEAFg.e8i1TLonh9QRzDTIJSmDqJHrmMTVKBhCL7iTARroSzQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=jerome+r.+corsi+%2B+jfk&qid=1710126183&sprefix=%2Caps%2C275&sr=8-1Join Dr. Jerome Corsi on Substack: https://jeromecorsiphd.substack.com/Visit The Truth Central website: https://www.thetruthcentral.comGet your FREE copy of Dr. Corsi's new book with Swiss America CEO Dean Heskin, How the Coming Global Crash Will Create a Historic Gold Rush by calling: 800-519-6268Follow Dr. Jerome Corsi on X: @corsijerome1Our link to where to get the Marco Polo 650-Page Book on the Hunter Biden laptop & Biden family crimes free online:https://www.thetruthcentral.com/marco-polo-publishes-650-page-book-on-hunter-biden-laptop-biden-family-crimes-available-free-online/Our Sponsors:MyVitalC https://www.thetruthcentral.com/myvitalc-ess60-in-organic-olive-oil/Swiss America: https://www.swissamerica.com/offer/CorsiRMP.phpThe MacMillan Agency: https://www.thetruthcentral.com/the-macmillan-agency/Pro Rapid Review: https://prorrt.com/thetruthcentralmembers/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth-central-with-dr-jerome-corsi--5810661/support.

Hour 3 of A&G features... The Trump SCOTUS victory... Do we exist in the Anthropocene Era?  Old dudes stumblin' on their words. Stupid Should Hurt: https://www.armstrongandgetty.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Hour 3 of A&G features... The Trump SCOTUS victory... Do we exist in the Anthropocene Era?  Old dudes stumblin' on their words. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Hour 3 of A&G features... The Trump SCOTUS victory... Do we exist in the Anthropocene Era?  Old dudes stumblin' on their words. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we are addressing more factors that impact equine performance: age, gender, behavior, and diet. Dr. Chris Mortensen discusses various factors that influence performance in horses, including age, gender, behavior, and diet. He presents his own experience and cites several research related to these topics. Dr. Mortensen highlights the story of Zenyatta, a remarkable racehorse, and how her journey reflects these performance-related factors. In this podcast he tries to answer: Does the horse's age impact their performance? Does the gender of the horse impact their ability to compete at the top levels of competition? How does the horse's behavior impact their ability to compete? Does diet play a role in how well horses can compete? Additional insights on the lifespan and age-related performance of horses are discussed. The episode concludes with a call for more research in equine behavior to fully understand what makes a horse a champion. Topics and Timeline 00:00 Introduction and Favorite Horse Breeds 00:34 The Story of a Champion Horse 04:42 The Host's Background and Personal Experiences 05:50 Understanding Horse Performance 06:35 The Impact of Age on Horse Performance 09:05 Horses Age as it Related to Human Age 13:10 The Oldest Horse on Record 17:35 The Impact of Age on Horse Performance in Different Disciplines 20:40 The Role of Gender in Horse Performance 25:25 Age and Gender Influences on Eventing 31:10 Is there Bias of Horse Gender in Equestrian Sports 34:25 The Influence of Behavior on Horse Performance 41:54 Conclusion and Final Thoughts   Visit https://madbarn.com/mad-about-horses/ to learn more about the Mad About Horses podcast.  --------------------------------- Mad Barn Academy is dedicated to supporting horse owners, handlers and practitioners through research, training and education. Visit us to learn more at https://madbarn.com You can also find Mad Barn at: ⁠ Instagram @madbarnequine⁠ Facebook @madbarnequine TikTok @madbarnequine ⁠YouTube @madbarn We would love to hear from you! Please send any questions or comments to ⁠podcast@madbarn.com  

Step into the world of canine behavior with the distinguished Dr. Marc Bekoff, a professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology. This episode takes you on a captivating journey as we delve into the emotional landscape of our furry friends, the impact of confinement on their behavior, and the fascinating dynamics of dog-human relationships. We don't stop there, we also tackle the often ignored segment of free-range and feral dogs globally, citing Dr. Bekoff's invaluable experiences with the Jane Goodall Institute and his insightful publications.We also discuss the controversial world of dog parks, examining the fluid relationships among dogs and between dogs and humans. We debunk common misconceptions about dominance in animals and discuss the misuse of the term 'alpha'. In anticipation of Dr. Bekoff's upcoming book, Dogs Demystified: An A-to-Z Guide To All Things Canine, we provide a sneak peek into the wealth of knowledge it promises. This conversation with Dr. Bekoff is an eye-opening session that deepens our understanding of canine behavior, reminding us to respect their emotions and choices. Join us on this enlightening journey and let's explore the world through a dog's eyes together.The Aggression in Dogs ConferenceThe Bitey End of the Dog Bonus EpisodesThe Aggression in Dogs Master Course and Expert Webinar Bundle --- LIMITED TIME SPECIAL OFFERABOUT MARC:Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published 31 books (or 41 depending on you count multi-volume encyclopedias), won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection, has worked closely with Jane Goodall, is co-chair of the ethics committee of the Jane Goodall Institute, and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. He also works closely with inmates at the Boulder County Jail. In June 2022 Marc was recognized as a Hero by the Academy of Dog Trainers. His latest books are The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (with Jessica Pierce), Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, and Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible (with Jessica Pierce) and he also publishes regularly for Psychology Today. Marc and Jessica's most recent book A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans was published by Princeton University Press in October 2021. Support the show

Dr. Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D., is President & Chief Science Officer of the Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation ( https://www.levf.org/ ), an organization focused on proactively identifying and addressing the most challenging obstacles on the path to the widespread availability of genuinely effective treatments to prevent and reverse human age-related disease. Dr. de Grey is internationally recognized as a visionary biomedical gerontologist who devised the Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence: a comprehensive set of methods to rejuvenate the human body, thereby preventing age-related ill health and mortality. He has co-founded multiple non-profit organizations – including Methuselah Foundation, SENS Research Foundation, and now LEV Foundation – to specifically enable and accelerate its development and clinical translation. Dr. de Grey received his BA in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Cambridge in 1985 and 2000, respectively. He is the author of The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging (1999), Ending Aging (2007), and a large number of academic papers. Dr. de Grey is a Fellow of both the Gerontological Society of America and the American Aging Association, and sits on the advisory boards of numerous scientific journals and research organizations. He is a prolific speaker who regularly presents at conferences and events world-wide. Support the show

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful for the opportunity to talk to Joshua Dienstag, Professor of Political Science here at UW-Madison. Professor Diesnstag's research focuses on the intersection of politics with time, history, memory and narrative with an emphasis on European political theory between the 17th and 19th centuries. He also writes about cinema, the American Founding, and the methods of political theory. Prof. Dienstag teaches a seminar called Humans, Animals and Machines and will be teaching the PS 160 Introduction to Political Theory course this coming fall. We asked Prof. Dienstag about his teaching and research interests as well as his current book project tentatively titled The Human Boundary: Freedom, Citizenship & Democracy in a Post-Human Age. We enjoyed our conversation and learned so much. We hope you will too. Listen here.

We are living in the Human Age and climate change presents an existential threat to humanity. For the commodities sector, it is the key driver of opportunities and challenge, from selecting strategies to pricing future risks. Growing awareness of the impacts is profoundly affecting society and companies alike. But what is climate change and to what future climate are we headed? Is humanity capable of addressing it whether through mitigation and adaptation? And how can the best intentions of energy-transition be disruptive as they change the societies within which they are placed? In this episode, we are delighted to welcome Dominic Boyer, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, whose focus is on climate change and societal responses. Dominic is also the author of Energopolitics and co-host of the Cultures of Energy.To find out more about HC and our talent advisory services in the energy & commodities sector visit www.hcgroup.global/hc-insiderTo connect with our host Paul Chapman, you can find him at www.linkedin.com/in/paulchapmanhc/

In this episode of The Moral Imagination Podcast I speak with Deion Kathawa about his essays at Public Discourse Technology and Dignity. We discuss a number of topics including digital technology social media biotech genetic engineering CRISPR post and trans-humanism transgenderism technology and power how tech effects the rich and the poor and middle class Kathawa argues that the new digital and biotechnology threaten our human in explicit and implicit ways from distraction to liquidation to degradation and that we need not only better law, but authentic religious practice, liturgy, and human friendship to resist these threats. We discuss the religious and philosophical sources of transhumanism from materialism to gnosticism, and human perfectibility and various thinkers including C.S. Lewis and Robert P. George. We also discuss the difference between transhumanist / transgender philosophy which sees the body as either malleable that needs perfection or the body and sexuality as something to escape from in contrast to the Christian view of the being and the body as good and part of who we are as embodied, embedded persons.   Biography Deion Kathawa is a law clerk at the Michigan Supreme court he has a law degree from the University Of Notre Dame and an undergraduate degree from the university of Michigan.  He writes for numerous outlets including The American Mind, Public Discourse, and his Substack Sed Kontra

Aging-US published a Special Collection on Eye Disease which included "PU-91 drug rescues human age-related macular degeneration RPE cells; implications for AMD therapeutics" which reported that the PU-91 drug upregulates PGC-1α which is a critical regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis. Since mitochondrial dysfunction is implicated in the pathogenesis of AMD, this study is based on the premise that repurposing of PU 91 might rescue AMD RPE cells from AMD mitochondria-induced damage. The authors report significant improvement in cell survival, mitochondrial health, and antioxidant potential following treatment with PU 91. Dr. M. Cristina Kenney from The University of California Irvine said, "The incidence of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is increasing at an alarming rate in elderly population in the United States." The incidence of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is increasing at an alarming rate in elderly population in the United States. Most AMD cases occur among Caucasian Americans, followed by Hispanic and other populations. Despite intensive study, a limited number of FDA-approved treatment options are available for treatment of AMD. National Eye Institute projection, the estimated number of AMD patients is expected to rise to 5.44 million by 2050. PU-91 is a pro-drug that when metabolized is PPARα ligand and which was developed for the treatment of dyslipidemia. The drug is estimated to have seen >5 million-years of patient exposure and remains an effective agent for certain dyslipidemias. These findings demonstrated that PU-91 preserved AMD mitochondrial function and integrity, and protected AMD RPE cybrids against oxidative stress-induced and mtDNA-induced apoptotic cell death. The Kenney Research Team concluded in their Aging-US Research Output, "PU-91 rescues AMD RPE cybrids, and potentially could be repurposed as an FDA-approved drug to prevent/treat AMD. Since it improves mitochondrial function and has already been FDA-approved, the candidate therapeutic PU-91 will be an excellent treatmentoption for AMD. Repositioning of PU-91 will be a smoother transition from lab bench to clinic since the pharmacological profiles of PU-91 have been examined already. Furthermore, because of its extensive safety record it could be potentially prosecuted through NDA more rapidly than a drug-like new chemical entity. Bringing a disease modifying therapeutic to market for the most prevalent form of blindness, AMD, has substantial potential benefit for our aging populations world-wide." Full Text - https://www.aging-us.com/article/102179/text Correspondence to: M. Cristina Kenney email: mkenney@uci.edu Keywords: age-related macular degeneration (AMD), RPE, PGC-1α, RPE, mitochondria, FDA-approved drugs About Aging-US Launched in 2009, Aging-US publishes papers of general interest and biological significance in all fields of aging research as well as topics beyond traditional gerontology, including, but not limited to, cellular and molecular biology, human age-related diseases, pathology in model organisms, cancer, signal transduction pathways (e.g., p53, sirtuins, and PI-3K/AKT/mTOR among others), and approaches to modulating these signaling pathways. To learn more about Aging-US, please visit http://www.Aging-US.com or connect with @AgingJrnl Aging-US is published by Impact Journals, LLC please visit http://www.ImpactJournals.com or connect with @ImpactJrnls Media Contact 18009220957x105 MEDIA@IMPACTJOURNALS.COM

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#nirbarzilai #humanlongevity #healthspan #agereversal #tame #metformin #livelong #livehealthier Dr. Nir Barzilai is the founding director of the Institute for Aging Research, the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging and the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Human Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Dr Nir has studied over 600 centenarians to understand the biology and genetics of exceptional longevity. With this knowledge, Nir has spearheaded a randomized controlled trial of a medicine that interferes with the aging process to see if he can extend both the quantity and quality of life. TAME- is the worlds 1st FDA Approved anti-aging trial repurposing the drug #metformin & #rapamycin to control, stop & reverse aging. Dr Nir is also the author of the Book, Age Later: HealthSpan, Life Span, and the New Science of Longevity https://mstp.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/484/nir-barzilai/ https://www.cohbar.com/

Conversamos con Loles Sala, una mujer con propósito y vocación de dejar un legado en el ámbito de la gestión de personas y el talento. Dtora de Talento y Cultura en Manpower Group, del Human Age institute y autora del libro Organizaciones nº5, donde sintetiza su visión sobre la gestión de personas y la esencia necesaria en las organizaciones que dejan huella, poniendo a las personas en el centro. Links para saber más de Loles Sala: https://www.lolessala.com/ https://www.plataformaeditorial.com/libro/8596-organizaciones-n-5

A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf Every day we are learning new and surprising facts about just how intelligent and emotional animals are—did you know rats like to play and laugh, and also display empathy, and the ears and noses of cows tell us how they’re feeling? At times, we humans translate that knowledge into compassion for other animals; think of the public outcry against the fates of Cecil the lion or the captive gorilla Harambe. But on the whole, our growing understanding of what animals feel is not resulting in more respectful treatment of them. Renowned animal-behavior expert Marc Bekoff and leading bioethicist Jessica Pierce explore the real-world experiences of five categories of animals, beginning with those who suffer the greatest deprivations of freedoms and choice—chickens, pigs, and cows in industrial food systems—as well as animals used in testing and research, including mice, rats, cats, dogs, and chimpanzees. Next, Bekoff and Pierce consider animals for whom losses of freedoms are more ambiguous and controversial, namely, individuals held in zoos and aquaria and those kept as companions. Finally, they reveal the unexpected ways in which the freedoms of animals in the wild are constrained by human activities and argue for a more compassionate approach to conservation. In each case, scientific studies combine with stories of individual animals to bring readers face-to-face with the wonder of our fellow beings, as well as the suffering they endure and the major paradigm shift that is needed to truly ensure their well-being. The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (Beacon Press, 2017) will educate and inspire people to rethink how we affect other animals, and how we can evolve toward more peaceful and less violent ways of interacting with our animal kin in an increasingly human-dominated world. Marc Bekoff has published thirty books, including The Emotional Lives of Animals. He is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a former Guggenheim fellow. Jessica Pierce is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and writer. Mark Molloy is the reviews editor at MAKE: A Literary Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf Every day we are learning new and surprising facts about just how intelligent and emotional animals are—did you know rats like to play and laugh, and also display empathy, and the ears and noses of cows tell us how they’re feeling? At times, we humans translate that knowledge into compassion for other animals; think of the public outcry against the fates of Cecil the lion or the captive gorilla Harambe. But on the whole, our growing understanding of what animals feel is not resulting in more respectful treatment of them. Renowned animal-behavior expert Marc Bekoff and leading bioethicist Jessica Pierce explore the real-world experiences of five categories of animals, beginning with those who suffer the greatest deprivations of freedoms and choice—chickens, pigs, and cows in industrial food systems—as well as animals used in testing and research, including mice, rats, cats, dogs, and chimpanzees. Next, Bekoff and Pierce consider animals for whom losses of freedoms are more ambiguous and controversial, namely, individuals held in zoos and aquaria and those kept as companions. Finally, they reveal the unexpected ways in which the freedoms of animals in the wild are constrained by human activities and argue for a more compassionate approach to conservation. In each case, scientific studies combine with stories of individual animals to bring readers face-to-face with the wonder of our fellow beings, as well as the suffering they endure and the major paradigm shift that is needed to truly ensure their well-being. The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (Beacon Press, 2017) will educate and inspire people to rethink how we affect other animals, and how we can evolve toward more peaceful and less violent ways of interacting with our animal kin in an increasingly human-dominated world. Marc Bekoff has published thirty books, including The Emotional Lives of Animals. He is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a former Guggenheim fellow. Jessica Pierce is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and writer. Mark Molloy is the reviews editor at MAKE: A Literary Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf. Every day we are learning new and surprising facts about just how intelligent and emotional animals are—did you know rats like to play and laugh, and also display empathy, and the ears and noses of cows tell us how they're feeling? At times, we humans translate that knowledge into compassion for other animals; think of the public outcry against the fates of Cecil the lion or the captive gorilla Harambe. But on the whole, our growing understanding of what animals feel is not resulting in more respectful treatment of them. Renowned animal-behavior expert Marc Bekoff and leading bioethicist Jessica Pierce explore the real-world experiences of five categories of animals, beginning with those who suffer the greatest deprivations of freedoms and choice—chickens, pigs, and cows in industrial food systems—as well as animals used in testing and research, including mice, rats, cats, dogs, and chimpanzees. Next, Bekoff and Pierce consider animals for whom losses of freedoms are more ambiguous and controversial, namely, individuals held in zoos and aquaria and those kept as companions. Finally, they reveal the unexpected ways in which the freedoms of animals in the wild are constrained by human activities and argue for a more compassionate approach to conservation. In each case, scientific studies combine with stories of individual animals to bring readers face-to-face with the wonder of our fellow beings, as well as the suffering they endure and the major paradigm shift that is needed to truly ensure their well-being. The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (Beacon Press, 2017) will educate and inspire people to rethink how we affect other animals, and how we can evolve toward more peaceful and less violent ways of interacting with our animal kin in an increasingly human-dominated world. Marc Bekoff has published thirty books, including The Emotional Lives of Animals. He is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a former Guggenheim fellow. Jessica Pierce is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and writer. Mark Molloy is the reviews editor at MAKE: A Literary Magazine. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/animal-studies

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.07.19.188789v1?rss=1 Authors: Sin-Chan, P., Gosalia, N., Gao, C., Van Hout, C. V., Ye, B., Marcketta, A., Li, A. H., O'Dushlaine, C., Li, D., Overton, J. D., Reid, J. D., Baras, A., Genetics Center, R., Carey, D. J., Ledbetter, D. H., Rader, D., Ritchie, M. D., Damrauer, S. M., Milman, S., Barzilai, N., Glass, D. J., Economides, A. N., Shuldiner, A. R. Abstract: Aging is characterized by degeneration in cellular and organismal functions leading to increased disease susceptibility and death. Although our understanding of aging biology in model systems has increased dramatically, large-scale sequencing studies to understand human aging are now just beginning. We applied exome sequencing and association analyses (ExWAS) to identify age-related variants on 58,470 participants of the DiscovEHR cohort. Linear Mixed Model regression analyses of age at last encounter revealed variants in genes known to be linked with clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, which are associated with myelodysplastic syndromes, as top signals in our analysis, suggestive of age-related somatic mutation accumulation in hematopoietic cells despite patients lacking clinical diagnoses. In addition to APOE, we identified rare DISP2 rs183775254 (p = 7.40x10-10) and ZYG11A rs74227999 (p = 2.50x10-08) variants that were negatively associated with age in either both sexes combined and females, respectively, which were replicated with directional consistency in two independent cohorts. Epigenetic mapping showed these variants are located within cell-type-specific enhancers, suggestive of important transcriptional regulatory functions. To discover variants associated with extreme age, we performed exome-sequencing on persons of Ashkenazi Jewish descent ascertained for extensive lifespans. Case-Control analyses in 525 Ashkenazi Jews cases (Males [≥] 92 years, Females [≥] 95years) were compared to 482 controls. Our results showed variants in APOE (rs429358, rs6857), and TMTC2 (rs7976168) passed Bonferroni-adjusted p-value, as well as several nominally-associated population-specific variants. Collectively, our Age-ExWAS, the largest performed to date, confirmed and identified previously unreported candidate variants associated with human age. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

In our premier episode we talk about the state of Humanity in Tech in 2020 and some of what CES brought us followed by an interview with best selling author and internationally recognized expert on Digital Transformation Charles Araujo where we discuss the dawn of the Digital Era and the New Human Age. Introduction: Can you believe it is 2020? * Shane can’t believe that there are still no jetpacks, flying cars, teleporters, or food synthesizers. * Matt talks about the Gizmo smart watch from Verizon that his daughter got for Christmas - https://www.cnet.com/news/verizons-180-gizmowatch-lets-parents-track-kids-location-activity/ * Laura talks about brain scanning as a way to better understand yourself and references the work of Dr. Amen - https://www.amenclinics.com/blog/how-brain-imaging-can-change-your-life/ CES - Consumer Electronics Show 2020 discussion * Sex Tech at CES for the first time - https://fortune.com/2020/01/09/sex-toys-ces-2020-2/ * CES 2020 Overview - https://www.techradar.com/news/ces-2020-day-3-all-the-latest-news-analysis-and-cool-new-gadgets * Samsung NEON AI Entities - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/neons-artificial-humans-are-scary-realistic-confusing-and-completely-enthralling-heres-everything-we-know/ * Link to Ev Williams Medium post on Innovation and the concept of the "adjacent possible”, from author Steven Johnson’s book “Where Good Ideas Come From" - https://evhead.com/try-more-things-f5c743e73a98 Interview with Charles Araujo: Charles Araujo is an industry analyst, internationally recognized authority on the Digital Enterprise and author of three books, including international best-seller The Quantum Age of IT: Why Everything You Know About IT is About to Change. As Principal Analyst with Intellyx, he writes, speaks, and advises organizations on how to navigate through this time of disruption. He is also the founder of The Institute for Digital Transformation and a sought-after keynote speaker. He is a regular contributor to CIO.com and has been quoted or published in Time, InformationWeek, CIO Insight, NetworkWorld Computerworld, USA Today, and Forbes. Book Reference: “Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done”, by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Q9IR0A/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0 THE NEW HUMAN AGE: A LIVE BOOK EXPERIENCE - https://www.charlesaraujo.com/category/newhumanage/ "YOUR DIGITAL" FUTURE PROGRAM - https://www.charlesaraujo.com/your-digital-future/ How to find Charles Araujo on the internet: http://www.charlesaraujo.com https://twitter.com/charlesaraujo https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCharlesAraujo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesaraujo Thank you for listening, be sure to check out our website at www.techno-biotic.com for detailed show notes, links and more--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techno-biotic/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/techno-biotic/support

By comparing how DNA gets altered over the lifetimes of people and dogs, researchers came up with a new way to compare canine years with human years.

By comparing how DNA gets altered over the lifetimes of people and dogs, researchers came up with a new way to compare canine years with human years.

Hello lovely listener!After the Feel Good Four, Georgie hands the mic over to Oliver Ward and Luc interviews him on the possibility of human age reversal and the science that already indicates it's possible. And it wouldn't be an episode of Waking Up! without discussing some of the moral and ethical implications of humans living until we're 200!If you would like to get in touch, you can follow us on Instagram @wakinguppodcast or send us an email, wakinguppod@gmail.com. We absolutely love receiving feedback from our listeners, so feel free to write a review wherever you are listening. Thanks for tuning in and you will hear from us next week for a very special episode all the way for Ireland!If you want to read some info, check out the links below.Feel Good Four Philippine Village Simultaneously Cleans Up Its streets and feeds the hungry by trading plastic for free riceThree Prison Inmates Beat Harvard in a Debate. Here’s what happened next. Openly gay Claudia Lopex elected first female mayor of Colombia’s capital These hospitals dress up NICU babies in Halloween costumes, and the photos are too cuteHuman Age ReversalAubrey de Grey’s Seven Deadly Thingshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey#The_seven_types_of_aging_damageThe Hallmarks of Aginghttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.039Study where mice lived up to 35% longer thanks to senolyticsPop sci:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160203145723.htmJournal article: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16932Yamanaka factorshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya_YamanakaHorvath Clockhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_clock#Properties_of_Horvath's_clockNine-participant trial using HGH, DHEA & metforminPop sci: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02638-wJournal article: https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.1302826 author study where they reversed mouse blindness (preprint)Pop sci: https://www.leafscience.org/reversing-age-related-vision-loss-using-cellular-reprogramming/Preprint server: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/07/31/710210.full.pdfMayo Clinic study using dasatinib & quercetin for diabetes-related kidney disease Pop sci:

Plastic orchids, a foggy morning, the differences between ‘basically' and ‘literally' – Pam Brown could make any material into a poem and it would somehow work. It was an absolute joy to talk to Pam about what she's reading, how Sydney continues to change, how she puts her poems together, what it is to write … Continue reading "Ep 104. Pam Brown: Skeptical optimism in a post-human age"

Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and former Guggenheim Fellow, he has written or edited more than 30 books, the latest being The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age, Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, and Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible. Marc also writes regularly for Psychology Today. In 2009 he was presented with the St. Francis of Assisi Award by the New Zealand SPCA and in 1986 Marc became the first American to win his age-class at the Tour du Haut Var bicycle race (also called the Master's/age-graded Tour de France). His homepage is marcbekoff.com.

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-dissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Jessica Pierce is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and writer. She currently has a loose affiliation with the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado Denver, but considers herself mostly independent. She has previously worked variously at the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Randolph-Macon Women's College, having studied at the University of Virginia, Harvard Divinity School and Scripps College. Early in her career, she focused on questions of human health and the environment, co-authoring Environmentalism and the New Logic of Business (Oxford, 2000) and The Ethics of Environmentally Responsible Health Care (Oxford, 2004). Since the 2000s, much of her work has focused on human relationships with animals. She collaborated with Marc Bekoff for Wild Justice (Chicago, 2010), and authored The Last Walk (Chicago, 2012), Run, Spot, Run (Chicago, 2016), and The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (2017). In this episode, we talk about animal ethics. First, we focus on the biological bases of morality and their importance to animal ethics, and some aspects of animal psychology that might be particularly relevant to the discussion, like consciousness and empathy. In the second part of the interview, we talk about specific topics, like animal research and testing in science, animal conservation in zoos and aquaria, and the food industry and veganism. Finally, Dr. Pierce gives us an overview of the research she is doing with Dr. Marc Bekoff for a new book, that is tentatively titled “A Dogs' World”, and also a short teaser to a book that she will release next month, “Unleashing Your Dog”. Time Links: 01:20 The importance of biology, comparative and evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience to animal ethics 04:12 The aspects of animal psychology that are relevant to ethics 10:10 Is consciousness important? 13:23 The ethical implications of knowing how morality works in other animals 21:13 About empathy 26:10 Are parental care and communal nursing moral behaviors? 29:14 What is the legal and moral status that we should attribute to animals? 33:22 Animal research and testing in science 40:13 Animal conservation in zoos and aquaria 46:42 The food industry, veganism, and lab meat 56:07 About Dr. Pierce's upcoming book, A Dogs' World, and how dogs would fare in a world without humans 1:06:46 And her new book coming out next month, Unleashing Your Dog 1:09:47 Follow Dr. Pierce's work!  

Fletch discusses articles about the human age of computation, how vulnerable the earth is to asteroid strikes, & gene editing. Link to animated video of this episode. http://bit.ly/2Bhi3v7 Visit the website for social media links and follow ongoing posts of smart comedy cartoons, memes, blog, and more! http://mindstretchpodcast.com Links to articles from the video. http://flip.it/YsSuNx | http://flip.it/YS6SXc | http://flip.it/PMkz1z | MindStretch Flipboard Profile for articles curated by Fletch https://flipboard.com/@MindStretch I hope you enjoyed the show and always remember, “a mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original shape.” See ya next time. Be sure to subscribe to join in on the MindStretchin’ conversation. And if you thought this podcast was worth hearing, please rate or review below to let me know what you thought. And... share it to your social media so that everyone has a chance to hear it too. Thanks for tunin’ in and if you’re up fer it, see ya on down the road. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mindstretchpodcast/support

Insights into workforce trends and how they impact businesses in Singapore according to Mercer’s 2018 Global Talent Trends Study – Unlocking Growth in the Human Age with Vidisha Mehta, Career Solutions Leader in South & East Asia and IMETA at Mercer.

In his new book, ‘Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age' my guest Marc Bekoff and I converse on the science of animal-welfare versus animal well-being. “Whenever you see the word “welfare” in the literature, you can be pretty sure something unpleasant is being done to animals”. Our compelling conversation highlights the limitations and frustrations with the science of animal-welfare and works to emphasize that individuals matter, as well as shifting legal definitions of personhood and of the Animal Rights movement. Each aspect is a distinct facet of our anthropocentric 'humane-washing' over our relationships with non-human beings. ‘Animals' Agenda' calls more layers of consciousness and emotive language, that incorporates compassion and coexistence in how we approach human to human and human to non-human relationships as individuals, and how this applies in the real world, when we ‘do conservation'.

Are pets theraputic? Is it moral to domesticate animals? Anne McElvoy explores the history of our relationship with pets with John Bradshaw author of Cat Sense and Dog Sense, Philip Howell who has researched the role of the domestic dog in Victorian Britain, bioethicist and writer Jessica Pierce who questions whether we should keep pets at all and novelist Laura Purcell. John Bradshaw has written The Animals Among Us: The New Science of Anthrozoology; Cat Sense: The Feline Enigma Revealed and Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet. He is director of the Anthrozoology Institute at the University of Bristol.Laura Purcell published the ghost story The Silent Companions earlier this year. The Animal's Agenca : Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age by Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff was published this year - her other books include Run Spot Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets. Philip Howell is a Senior Lecturer at Fellow at Emmanuel College Cambridge who has published At Home and Astray: The Domestic Dog in Victorian Britain.

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Welcome to the 389th episode of Our Hen House!  Mariann interviews Jessica Pierce, Ph.D. about her latest book, co-authored with Marc Bekoff, entitled The Animals’ Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age. They write: To do better in our responsibilities […]

Gold Lab Symposium (starts 1:00) Scientist and Entrepreneur Larry Gold shares what to expect in science and health at the annual Gold Lab Symposium, taking place this weekend at CU Boulder.  This year's theme is "From Lab to Living Room."  Go to the Gold Lab Symposium website to register for the conference and to hear recordings of the talks afterward. Marc Bekoff - The Animals' Agenda (starts 12:00) - Ecologist and philosopher Marc Bekoff talks about his new book, co-authored with bioethicist Jessica Pierce, titled, The Animals' Agenda  - Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age. Host/Producer/Engineer: Shelley Schlender Executive Producer:Susan Moran Listen to the show:

When we hear the word “compassionate” paired with non-human animals, our first thoughts often go to Dr. Marc Bekoff. A highly-esteemed field biologist, animal behaviour researcher, author, and speaker, Marc has penned multiple books, essays, and papers on concepts of compassionate conservation, compassion choices, and the sentience of animals with whom we share the world. Marc, along with bio-ethicist and past collaborator Jessica Pierce, have released a new book, The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age. This book, which is reviewed at TheFurBearers.com, takes readers on a journey of knowledge showing why, to truly provide freedom for non-human animals, we must ask ourselves hard questions around topics involving food, medical research, entertainment, and, of course, wildlife and the environment. Marc and Jessica set out a clear path away from what they hypothesize is the failure of animal welfare and toward animal well-being, as well as why science, which has illustrated the sentience, and deep emotional lives of many animals, has not produced more obvious changes in our society. To discuss this recent book, and walk through some of the amusing anecdotes, at times uncomfortable questions, and possible solutions to moving toward an age of compassion for all living beings that they labelled as the Compassionocene, Marc joined Defender Radio.

We believe that today’s topic is an issue in higher education not only because the ins and outs of it are talked about often by professors and college administrators, but also because it is something that you as parents will undoubtedly be talking about to your kids once they get to college--if you haven’t started already. It is an issue that comes up in college applications—far too often, from my own point of view. It is the issue of what kids should major in when they go to college. “Why is that even an issue for parents?” asked no parent ever. Here’s why. Let me read a letter written recently by a father to Philip Galanes, the “Social Q’s” columnist who gives “lighthearted advice about awkward social situations” in the words of The New York Times:   My wife and I are spending a fortune to send our son to an Ivy League college. Over the holidays, he came home and told us that he loves his agricultural science class and wants to volunteer at a sustainable farm over the summer. Excuse me, but I am not paying $60,000 a year (after taxes) for him to become a farmer. My wife tells me to relax; his interests will probably change. He is only a freshman. But what if they don’t? How should I handle this? I love Burt Bacharach and Hal David. (What right-thinking child of the ’70s doesn’t?) But I have a bone to pick with some lyrics in “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” namely: “Lord, we don’t need another meadow. There are cornfields and wheat fields enough to grow.” Not true! If your son wants to be part of the revolution in sustainable farming and end world hunger, more power to him. (Or your wife may be right: He could trade in his overalls by Labor Day. He’s just starting out. What better time to explore?) Still, you have a point. He who pays the piper calls the tune, as the proverb goes. But did you tell your son, before school began, that it was Goldman Sachs or bust? Probably not. (I also suspect that your parameters for acceptable study are broader than that.) You and your wife should discuss the education you are willing to underwrite and share the news with your son. He may accept your decision. . . . But here’s hoping he won’t. There are surely less controlling ways to teach him the consequences of his professional choices. (quoted from the article) And there you have it. Parents are often concerned about the marketability in the job market and the earning potential of whatever their kids are studying. Of course, kids are concerned about this, too, but perhaps not quite so much. So, let’s talk about it. 1. Some Thoughts from Cornell University Let me start with some thoughts from my own alma mater, Cornell University, which won’t surprise anyone in our listening audience. I do so because I have an inkling that the young man whose father wrote the letter might very well be studying at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. I think that for obvious reasons. In my Cornell Alumni Magazine (January/February, 2017), the then-interim president and past president of the University, Hunter Rawlings, was quoted as telling undergraduates in an economics lecture to “major in what you love” and that “[t]he major you choose isn’t as important as parents think” (page 12). That’s kind of a double whammy for some parents, President Rawlings. I am wondering how the father who wrote the letter would feel about those remarks. While I was truly pleased by the President’s remarks, I doubt that father shared my point of view. What was driving President Rawlings? Perhaps it was a story by Susan Kelley that I read back in September, 2016, as reported in the Cornell Chronicle. The story informs our discussion in this episode: Interim President Hunter Rawlings is prompting the Cornell faculty to review undergraduate curriculum this year with an emphasis on the value of a liberal education. “Cornell has rarely, if ever, talked about undergraduate education across the campus. We talk about it within the colleges, but we almost never consider the education all Cornell undergraduates receive from a unified perspective,” Rawlings said before discussing the initiative at the Sept. 14 faculty Senate meeting. “I would like to stimulate a conversation this year across the colleges.” Rawlings defines “liberal education” as one faithful to its original meaning in Latin: “education for free citizens” who are capable of participating in civic affairs and government. Liberal education, he noted, “is distinguished from purely vocational education and emphasizes critical thinking, moral reasoning, close reading, clear speaking and writing, and the capacity to conduct independent and collaborative research.” “The faculty owns the curriculum. It is their business,” he emphasized. But the time is right for a comprehensive review, he said. . . . As president of the Association of American Universities for the past five years, he has seen a nationwide loss of faith in liberal education. That loss is tied to a strong emphasis on vocational education--a degree as a ticket to get a job. “Research universities have not done much to define and defend liberal education,” Rawlings said. In Rawlings’ view, the College of Arts and Sciences is central to the discussion: it has Cornell’s core departments such that the other colleges rely on it for many of their students’ requirements and electives. (quoted from the article) What does it take to educate free citizens? Is it arts and humanities or history or the social sciences or mathematics or the natural sciences? Isn’t it all of those things that colleges often refer to as general education or the core curriculum or distribution requirements? Is President Rawlings concerned that some students in the pursuit of a career-related degree in college in mechanical engineering or accounting or agricultural science, for example, will overlook those other fields that make up a liberal education--an education for future citizens? That is precisely what he doesn’t want to happen at Cornell. (And, by the way, father who wrote that letter, a degree in agricultural science will probably get your son into a career a lot quicker than a lot of other degrees I could name, so you might want to calm down.) Some listeners will recall our long explanation of what a core curriculum is back in Episode 87, where we discussed the value of a core curriculum and whether the presence of a strong core curriculum with many requirements and/or with strict requirements should be a deciding factor in what colleges a kid might want to apply to. In fact, the details of such a core curriculum gets its own question in our College Profile Worksheet, which can be found in our new book How To Explore Your College Options: A Workbook for High School Seniors (out next month). 2. Some Thoughts from Pomona College But President Rawlings and I are not the only ones who are concerned about “a nationwide loss of faith in liberal education.” I stumbled across an excellent talk given to Pomona College students last June by the U.S. Senator from Hawai‘i Brian Schatz, a 1994 graduate of Pomona College. Feel free to go all the way back to our virtual nationwide college tour and listen to Episode 40, where we discuss Pomona College. Pomona is the oldest and founding college in the highly respected California consortium of five colleges, known as The Claremont Colleges. Pomona offers its 1,600 academically bright students a liberal arts curriculum, with 47 majors and a focus on the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Here are some of the Senator’s remarks, quoted from a YouTube video of his talk (to learn more about Pomona College, you should watch the whole video): Liberal arts education is the best preparation for whatever you want to do next. And I believe that strongly, personally, because here I am in the U.S. Senate with a degree in philosophy from Pomona College. I didn’t get the law degree, and I didn’t get the economics degree. I got the degree in philosophy. And I remember my academic advisor saying . . . “[S]tudy what you want to study and it will all work out.” A liberal arts education provides that foundation. I think you want well-rounded thinkers in all sectors of society--in the public sector, in the private sector, in the not-for-profit sector. Whatever you want to do, I think it’s important to get that liberal arts education. As I meet students, I just encourage them to find that motivation internally and stick with it. . . . (quoted from the YouTube video) And, parents, as we often say here at USACollegeChat, it is hard for students to find that motivation unless they have a liberal education or, at least, unless they have the benefit of taking a variety of college courses through core requirements in fields that they did not have access to before they got to college, including the Senator’s choice of the field of philosophy. 3. Some Thoughts from the Future Job Market Well, I know this is a hard sell, so let me reflect with you on some interesting information I picked up at the Early College conference I attended and spoke at last week. A great conference in sunny Orlando sponsored by KnowledgeWorks, it offered a keynote address by the same professor who keynoted last year, Dr. James Johnson, Jr. (Director, Urban Investments Strategy Center, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, University of North Carolina). Dr. Johnson, who has been a professor for 37 years, spoke brilliantly last year about changing demographics in the U.S. This year, he turned his attention to “Jobs on the Move” and, again, spoke brilliantly. While it would be impossible to repeat his presentation here, let me give you just a few interesting facts he presented to support his view that the world of work is changing dramatically, that we are now living in a state of “certain uncertainty,” and that education is necessary, but insufficient: In the 1980s, blue-collar jobs shifted off shore, resulting in a loss of 7.2 million jobs between 1979 and 2015 (a drop of 37 percent). In the 1990s, white-collar jobs shifted off shore--for example, in the IT sector. By 2000, business processing was moving off shore, like operations, administration, sales, and customer services. By the way, workers in call centers in India are graduates of India’s equivalent of our M.I.T. Now, knowledge processing is being outsourced, like R & D activities. Perhaps 13 percent of white-collar jobs are vulnerable--in business, computer, legal, and medical fields. For example, medical scans are already being read halfway around the world in 15 minutes for $80 compared to our $800 and three weeks before you get the results. In the new world of medical tourism, an operation can be had in India for 10 percent of the cost here. Good talent is simply cheaper off shore. In the new world of robotics outsourcing, problem-solving robots will put more white-collar jobs at risk. Accountants have a 94 percent chance of being replaced, and pilots have a 55 percent chance of being replaced. Self-driving vehicles will cost millions their jobs. As we leave the Information Age, we are entering the Human Age. Many of us will become freelancers in a global online marketplace. Any work you want done, you will post on a site and get a quick reply from someone who can do it. Already $1 billion a year is earned by freelancers (with 9 million freelancers registered). Dr. Johnson concluded by saying that we educators in the audience should quit trying to train people for a particular job; we are too busy preparing our nation’s kids to work for someone else, who will be outsourcing their jobs sooner or later. We should be giving our nation’s kids the tools to make and navigate their own paths and to let their own creativity thrive. What are those tools? Dr. Johnson suggested these for a “competitive tool kit” (quoted from his keynote speech): “Analytical reasoning” “Entrepreneurial acumen” (that is, expertise)--We will come back to entrepreneurship in a minute. “Contextual intelligence” (that is, staying on top of information and change in your own field) “Soft skills and cultural elasticity” (that is, moving from situation to situation in different settings with different people, which call for different responses) “Agility and flexibility” (in a lifelong-learning mindset) Dr. Johnson noted that the University of North Carolina, where he teaches, offers a minor in entrepreneurship in the College of Arts and Sciences. Entrepreneurship is not just for business majors! Here is some information about the minor in entrepreneurship, quoted from the College’s website: This interdisciplinary minor in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences encourages students to think and act entrepreneurially. Students will gain knowledge and skills to start successful ventures of all kinds: artistic, commercial, media, social, scientific, sports, [design, computer science,] and public health. (quoted from the website) Here is an example of one of those tracks, quoted from the College’s website: . . . The [Artistic] track examines the concepts and tools needed to pursue artistic ventures, including the formation of business plans for student created ventures, and includes the legal aspects and challenges of Intellectual Property, i.e. copyright, trademarks, logos and patents. The instructors cover the music industry with emphasis on music publishing rights, the recording business, and booking and promotion for the live performance industry.  It also includes discussions of the television, motion picture and theatre businesses.  Guests who feature prominently in these industries are brought in to share their careers and interact with students.  Such guests can include musicians, singers, theatrical producers, film and television actors, talent agents, dancers, record industry executives, et al. The course takes students through the process of creating formal business plans for proposed artistic ventures, plans that are built and revised throughout the semester. (quoted from the website) After the presentation, I chatted with Dr. Johnson. I told him that one of my musician sons had gotten a master’s degree in Creative Entrepreneurship from the University of East Anglia in the U.K. At the time, I thought that was the dumbest thing I had ever heard, though I knew deep down that it was a made-to-order master’s degree for him. I told Dr. Johnson that I was feeling much better about his degree now, thanks to Dr. Johnson’s explanation of the rise of entrepreneurship and the Human Age. I went on to ask Dr. Johnson what he thought about the role of liberal arts in a college education, given his concern that our schools and colleges should not be preparing students for a specific job. He said that he believed that the liberal arts definitely had a place in a college education. I am imagining that means at least in those early core requirements when students are learning to analyze and to think across a variety of disciplines and to be agile and flexible in their learning. 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Vi träffar Per Johansson och Christian Ahlgren på Experis och talar om Human Age. Idag är tillgången på rätt kompetens i företaget en överlevnadsfråga. Stora Styrelsedagen 2016 i Linköping.

This week's guest, Ashley Dawson, is a Professor of English at the Graduate Center/City University of New York, and the author of Extinction: A Radical History (as well as an extensive list of publications on sociology, economics, and literature).His book's argument – that capitalism's innate drive to grow and consume is essentially incompatible with sustainability – makes Extinction something in between an ecological treatise written by a communist and an economic manifesto written by an ecologist. * Support Future Fossils Podcast on Patreon: patreon.com/michaelgarfield *We had a fascinating and challenging conversation with Professor Dawson – a disarmingly modest and thoughtful fellow in spite of his fiery and politically charged writing. Part of acknowledging our role as ancestors-in-training is the unpleasant responsibility for examining our generation's role in the mass extinction of The Human Age.His ardent voice as a liberal intellectual, examining capitalism-caused mass extinction as an offense against the civil rights of our fellow beings, is a fresh contribution to the debate about climate change, "green" businesses, and personal responsibility.But he was also surprisingly willing to hear our critiques and place the conversation in a much wider context that examines the other mass extinctions that predated human beings; that considered the mass killings of premodern humans and the significant increase in recent years of ecological consciousness among average people. In light of his argument that we have to stage an economic coup to put a stop to the Sixth Mass Extinction, we get into it with questions like:• Can capitalism really be blamed for mass extinction? • How can we transition into a more ecological economics? • What happens if we treat capitalism as something nature's doing?One of the heaviest – but also deepest and most interesting – conversations we've had on the show to date. Enjoy it before it's too late!Visit his website: https://ashleydawson.info/extinction/Buy Extinction: A Radical History at OR Books: http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/extinction-by-ashley-dawson/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“In New Mexico's Gila Wilderness, 106 Mexican gray wolves may be some of the most monitored wildlife on the planet. Collared, microchipped, and transported by helicopter ... once a symbol of the wild, these wolves have come to illustrate the demise of wilderness in this Human Age. ... And yet, the howl of an unregistered wolf—half of a rogue pair—splits the night. If you know where to look, you'll find that much remains untamed, and even today, wildness can remain a touchstone for our relationship with the rest of nature.” That's journalist and adventurer Jason Mark writing in his new book “Satellites in the High Country: Searching for the Wild in the Age of Man.” He says that wildness is wily as a coyote: you have to be willing to track it to understand the least thing about it. Today on the program Jason Mark joins us for the hour.

Enkhee Tuvshintogs, who graduated with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology, gives the student speech at the June 10 College of Biological Sciences commencement ceremony.

Arizona State University Professors Ben Minteer and Stephen Pyne say that from John Muir to David Brower, from the creation of Yellowstone National Park to the Endangered Species Act, environmentalism in America has always had close to its core a preservationist ideal. Generations have been inspired by its ethos—to encircle nature with our protection, to keep it apart, pristine, walled against the march of human development. But Minteer and Pyne say we have to face the facts. Accelerating climate change, rapid urbanization, agricultural and industrial devastation, metastasizing fire regimes, and other quickening anthropogenic forces all attest to the same truth: the earth is now spinning through the age of humans.

Featured Book:  The Human Age, by Diane Ackerman. Human beings have completely transformed the planet, and even greater changes lie ahead.  According to Diane Ackerman, we must now harness human creativity and create the world we want to live in. And on the nightstand:  The Moral Landscape, by Sam Harris; and Eureka! By Chad Orzel.

In her latest book “The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us” Diane Ackerman writes that “our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.”

In her new book “The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us” Diane Ackerman writes that “our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.”

From one of our finest literary interpreters of science and nature comes an optimistic manifesto on the earth-shaking changes now affecting every part of our lives, and those of our fellow creatures. Through her compelling and meditative prose, Ackerman reminds us how the human and natural worlds coexist, coadapt and interactively thrive.*Click here to see photos from the program!