[Mitworld] New: Stern on Climate Change and a Global Deal, Sakas on Language

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[CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ECONOMICS OF AND PROSPECTS FOR A GLOBAL DEAL]

>From Nicholas Stern's market perspective, climate change constitutes an
"externality" that, like traffic grid lock in a city center, arises when
some people's actions affect the welfare of others, at no cost to the
perpetrators. Simple price mechanisms can fix congestion, says Stern,
but climate change, which he views as "the greatest market failure the
world has ever seen," requires unprecedented measures to contend with
its potentially cataclysmic, long-term global impacts.

SPEAKER:
Nicholas Stern
IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government
Head, India Observatory, Asia Research Centre, London School of
Economics


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/536/>

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"I do believe if you look at the politics of rich and poor countries,
changes seen in the last couple years do give me some hope you will get
to this global deal."
-- Sir Nicholas Stern


EVENT HOST: MIT Energy Initiative <http://web.mit.edu/mitei/>

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["IDEAL" LANGUAGE LEARNING AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCE PROBLEM]

Some linguists study what can be learned in principle, but William
Gregory Sakas asks "the feasibility question -- how efficient learning
takes place." This talk focuses on such research, its historical
antecedents, and issues that trouble Sakas and his colleagues.

SPEAKER:
William Gregory Sakas
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Hunter College
Ph.D. Programs in Computer Science and Linguistics, The Graduate Center,
City University of New York


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/535/>

[QUOTE]
"Is there anyone else out there trying to solve the psychological
resource problem?"
-- William Gregory Sakas


EVENT HOST: Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
<http://lids.mit.edu/>

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