Battles on Video presents videos from previous Battle of Ideas festivals, interviews and opinion pieces by speakers and participants, as well as specially produced in-depth discussions.
30 10 11: Is there a ghost in the machine?
30 10 11: Fracking and Fukushima: our energy security fears
30 10 11: Designer people: is technology making us less human?
30 10 11: Smart drugs: magic bullet or cheating ourselves?
30 10 11: Life off Earth: are the aliens out there?
29 10 11: What's innovation good for?
29 10 11: What is evil? The politics of morality
29 10 11: Debating Matters International Final:- UK versus India
29 10 11: Creativity and curiosity: do we make stuff up or find it out?
"To contribute to Battle of Ideas is to add a few words to a giant, communal speech-bubble out of the gap-toothed mouth of British opinion. It is a strong reminder that the joys of free, uncalculated speech and the right to attack orthodoxies can in no way be assumed in 2012 – that we use them or lose them."
Piers Hellawell, composer; professor of composition, Queen’s University Belfast
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