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Talks at Google 13/08/15 : Award-winning science journalist Anil Ananthaswamy visits Google to talk about his latest book, "The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self". The book describes how scientists and philosophers are trying to discern what constitutes the self – Is the self purely anecdotal or circumstantial, or is it grounded in something biological or neurological ? How is it created ? Can it be destroyed ?..

Talks at Google 08/02/15 : "What is the current status of religions and ideologies in the world, and what will be the likely impact of 21st-century technological breakthroughs on religion and ideology ? Will traditional religions and ideologies -from Christianity and Islam to Liberalism and Socialism- manage to survive the technological and economic revolutions of the 21st century ? What would be the place of Islam, for example, in a world of genetic engineering and artificial intelligence ? The talk addresses these questions, and argues that the future belongs to techno-religions, which promise salvation through technology, and which are already gathering believers in places such as Silicon Valley...

Talks at Google : "As Britain's best-known headmaster, Sir Anthony famously introduced happiness, or well-being, lessons at his school, Wellington College. In 2011, he co-founded Action for Happiness, a body to raise awareness of the discovery of happiness and reduction of depression, whose influence is growing rapidly in Britain and across the world. In a book Anthony Seldon distinguishes between pleasure, happiness and joy, and offers an original 8-step approach on how to make our lives far more meaningful and rewarding...

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Action for happiness : http://www.actionforhappiness.org