Voices from Oxford: The Meaning of the 21st Century with Dr James Martin

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Posted on: July 30, 2012 / Last Modified: July 30, 2012

Dr James Martin, Founder of the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford discusses his book, The Meaning of the 21st Century.

Interviewed by Prof Denis Noble, University of Oxford, Dr Martin stresses that we will survive the 21st Century, but that it’s our choice as to whether it’s a century of disasters and near extinction, or whether we can create a new era of civilisation.

Other topics discussed during the interview: employment, artificial intelligence and leisure time; the technological singularity; the complexity of the human brain; quantum entanglement; technology and the humanities; the cathedrals of our future – cathedrals of the mind…

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