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• Conrad Black - History of Canada

  Author and historian Conrad Black discusses the Canadian political identity of Canada and the history of our great nation.

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• Peter Nowak & Nicholar Carr - Humans 3.0 Don’t Fear the Future & What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

  Are we conditioned by the media to be pessimists? In this talk author Peter Nowak discusses how the media is using technology to condition us and why we should embrace and not fear the future. AND Announcing at the beginning that his main goal of this talks is for you to go out and smash your smart phone, Nicholas Carr tells the audience exactly how the internet is affecting our memory and why this may not be a positive thing.

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• Marc & Jodie Emery - Marc’s Return

  Joining us for the first time since his release from prison Marc Emery has joined us once again at ideacity along with his wife and fellow marijuana activist Jodie Emery. In their moving talk, Jodie discusses her struggle from the outside and dealing with the prison system, while Marc discusses his struggles from the inside and how supported he felt from his wife Jodie.

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• Kevin Bales - Modern Slavery

  Author Kevin Bales ventures into areas with active slavery in the modern world. In his talk he discusses how slaves are being used to damage the environment.

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• Andrew Keen - The Failure of the Digital Revolution

  Author Andrew Keen tells us that we should worry about what “the network” is changing and why we should be angry about the growing inequality and weaker social bonds.

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