[Mitworld] New: Friedman's The World is Flat 3.0, Nocera on Saving the Planet

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[THE WORLD IS FLAT 3.0]

Tom Frieedman returned to MIT for OpenCourseWare's "Unlocking Knowledge,
Empowering Minds" Milestone Celebration and discussed the updated
version of "The World is Flat" in this keynote presentation.

SPEAKER:
Thomas L. Friedman
Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times
Author


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/519/>

[QUOTE]
"The global economy is like a monster truck with the gas pedal stuck and
we have lost the key. The only way we're going to catch that truck is
with a disruptive breakthrough. We need a completely different mix of
standards, regulations, and taxes, that will trigger that disruption.
It's why my fundamental rule is change your leaders, not your light
bulbs. If you don't change the leaders who write the rules, who trigger
the innovations, we are cooked."
-- Thomas L. Friedman


EVENT HOST: OpenCourseWare <http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html>

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[WHALES TO WOOD, WOOD TO COAL/OIL -- WHAT'S NEXT?]

And speaking of disruptive breakthroughs, Nocera presents his ideas on
saving the planet -- to emulate photosynthesis -- and convert the energy
of the sun to fuel.

SPEAKER:
Daniel Nocera
W. M. Keck Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/518/>

[QUOTE]
"The carbon neutral energy solution involves light capture and
conversion with materials and storage in bonds."
-- Daniel Nocera


EVENT HOST: Center for Global Change Science
<http://web.mit.edu/cgcs/www/>

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