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.
19 10 13: Number crunching and ethics in the era of Big Data
19 10 13: Soul on the slab: is there no limit to what neuroscience can do?
19 10 13: 3D printing: a new industrial revolution?
19 10 13: Technology and sustainability: kill or cure?
19 10 13: Laptop University? The future of HE
22 03 13: Water, water, everywhere: not allowed to use it
21 10 12: Preservation or modernisation?
21 10 12: To build or not to build?
21 10 12: Urban hubris and the great inequality debate
"I was impressed by the intensity of the debate and the high level of intellectual engagement, not least by the audience. It was an invigorating, even exhilarating experience to be part of a festival based on the conviction that disagreement is good. The Battle of Ideas is a fantastic concept, may it spread epidemically to the rest of the world. I am already looking forward to next year's event."
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, professor of social anthropology, University of Oslo; novelist
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