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The Six Habits of Highly Empathic People

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2/16/12 1PM

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The Six Habits of Highly Empathic People 2/16/12 1PM 2012-02-16 13:00:00 2012-02-16 14:00:00

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RSA Thursday Drawing on his new book, 'The Wonderbox: Curious Histories of How to Live', cultural thinker Roman Krznaric reveals how...

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The Spirit of Cities 2/21/12 1PM - 2PM 2012-02-21 13:00:00 2012-02-21 14:00:00

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The Spirit of Cities Tuesday 21 February at 1pm In an increasingly “flat” world, does it make sense to think of today’s huge,...

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Maonomics 2/23/12 1PM - 2PM 2012-02-23 13:00:00 2012-02-23 14:00:00

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Thursday 23 February at 1pm The end of the cold war was thought to signal the triumph of Western capitalism over Communism. In her...

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Hope in a Changing Climate 2/29/12 6:30PM - 3/5/12 7:45PM 2012-02-29 18:30:00 2012-03-05 19:45:00

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RSA Screens Wednesday 29 February, 6.30pm Hope in a Changing Climate In his award-winning documentary, John D Liu depicts the...

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RSA Thursday: Wired for Culture 3/1/12 1PM - 2PM 2012-03-01 13:00:00 2012-03-01 14:00:00

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RSA Thursday, 1st March, 1-2pm Wired for Culture: The Natural History of Human Cooperation Head of the University of...

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What Are Universities For? 3/5/12 6PM 2012-03-05 18:00:00 2012-03-05 19:15:00

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RSA KeynoteShould the main priority of universities be to stimulate economic growth? Can we find a new way of quantifying the social impact...

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Why Nations Fail 3/7/12 1PM - 2PM 2012-03-07 13:00:00 2012-03-07 14:00:00

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Why Nations Fail Wednesday 7 March, 1pm Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Professor of Government at Harvard...

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RSA Thursday: The Consent of the Networked 3/8/12 1PM - 2PM 2012-03-08 13:00:00 2012-03-08 14:00:00

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RSA Thursday, 8th March, 2012 Consent of the Networked: the worldwide struggle for internet freedom Many commentators have debated...

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The First Digital World War 3/12/12 1PM - 2PM 2012-03-12 13:00:00 2012-03-12 14:00:00

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The First Digital World War Monday 12 March at 1pm Mark Bowden, award-winning journalist and author of “Black Hawk Down”, describes...

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Earth is our Business 5/16/12 6PM - 7:15PM 2012-05-16 18:00:00 2012-05-16 19:15:00

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Polly Higgins is a barrister with a mission. She visits the RSA to introduce her new book, Earth is our Business, which sets out a...

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Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere 2/9/12 1PM - 2PM

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RSA Thursday 2011 saw the world face a wave of uprisings, protests and revolutions: Arab dictators were swept away, public spaces were...

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Together 2/2/12 6PM - 7:15PM

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RSA Keynote Living with people who differ - racially, ethnically, religiously, or economically - is one of the most difficult challenges...

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The End of Satisfactory Schools 2/2/12 1PM - 2PM

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RSA Thursday A recent RSA report (Un)Satisfactory? Enhancing Life Chances by Improving 'Satisfactory' Schools concluded that schools with...

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Religion for Atheists 1/26/12 1PM

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RSA Thursday Has the endless debate between believers and non-believers finally hit a brick wall? Are secularists in danger of throwing...

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RSA Jobs Summit 1/24/12 9:30AM - 4:30PM

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Start time: 9.30am End time: 4.30pm Lunch will be provided.The RSA Jobs Summit is supported by Aviva.The RSA’s Jobs Summit will provide a...

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Four Thought 1/23/12 6PM - 8PM

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Radio 4 in association with RSA The next in the series of Radio 4's exciting talks strand – FOUR THOUGHT – takes place in the RSA's Vaults...

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Willpower: Self-control, decision fatigue, and energy 1/23/12 1PM - 2PM

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RSA Keynote Is improving your willpower the surest way to a better life?A new understanding of how people control themselves has emerged...

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The Optimism Bias 1/19/12 1PM

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RSA Thursday Why are we so terrible at predicting what will make us happy? How do we maintain such stalwart optimism about our future in...

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Green Philosophy 1/18/12 6PM - 7:15PM

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RSA Keynote The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political left, which has seen the principal threats to the...

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind 1/17/12 6PM - 7:15PM

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RSA Keynote John Podmore has a passion for prisons; for over 25 years he has governed them, inspected them and fought corruption in them....

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Women And Work: Having it all or doing it all? 1/12/12 1PM - 2PM

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RSA Thursday As another working year begins, many women are returning to their desks facing the same, seemingly intractable challenges...

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RSA Thursday: Sam Leith on Rhetoric 12/15/11 1PM

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RSA Thursday The Year in Rhetoric Writer and columnist Sam Leith explores the modern relevance of the ancient art of persuasion -...

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Four Thought 12/14/11 6PM - 8PM

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Radio 4 in association with RSA The next in the series of Radio 4's exciting new talks strand – FOUR THOUGHT – takes place in the RSA...

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Out of the Ashes: Britain after the riots 12/13/11 1PM

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RSA Keynote Out of the ashes, what kind of country do we want to build?David Lammy MP predicted the riots of 2011 a year before they took...

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RSA Screens - Dreams of a Life 12/12/11 6:30PM

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RSA Screens Join us for a preview screening of Carol Morley's documentary film, Dreams of a Life. The screening will be followed by an...

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Art, Design and Bad Science 12/8/11 6PM - 7:30PM

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The authors of the National Curriculum in 1988 saw fit to define Design & Technology as a separate subject from Art & Design. More recently...

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The Power of Networks: Knowledge in an age of infinite interconnectedness 12/8/11 1PM

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RSA Thursday Network visualization has experienced a meteoric rise in the last decade, bringing together people from various fields and...

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The Inaugural LSBF HRH Prince Michael of Kent Business Lecture: Fixing Britain 12/5/11 6PM - 7:15PM

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In the Inaugural LSBF HRH Prince Michael of Kent Business Lecture at the RSA, “the voice of British business” Lord Digby Jones addresses...

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The Predictability of Unpredictability 12/1/11 6PM - 7:15PM

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RSA Keynote Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the brilliant and controversial author of The Black Swan, described in the Sunday Times as one of the...

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RSA Thursday: Rational Intuition 12/1/11 1PM

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RSA Thursday Rational Intuition: Strategic Thinking & Gut Instinct for Successful Leadership Thursday 1 December, 1-2pm How do...

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RSA/CEB Panel: Doing better business: from transparency to profitability 11/30/11 9:30AM

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Recent months have seen a stream of corporate ethical failures on a spectacular scale. From media giant News International to major...

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RSA Advertising Association Debate - Advertising in society: what's the deal? 11/24/11 6PM

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RSA Advertising Association Debate Advertising in society: what's the deal? To its critics, the advertising industry fuels...

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RSA Thursday: The Future of Money 11/24/11 1PM

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RSA Thursday The Future of Money Thursday 24 November at 1pm Until a couple of years ago, most people would have thought that cash...

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RSA Albert Medal Event: Creating healthy cities 11/22/11 6PM - 7:30PM

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Albina Ruiz, founder of Ciudad Saludable (The Healthy City Project) is awarded the 2011 RSA Albert Medal for for outstanding...

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RSA/LBC 97.3 Debate: A tale of two cities: Are Londoners on the brink of an economic apartheid? 11/21/11 8PM - 9PM

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London has long been famous for being a city where the rich and poor co-exist in relative proximity. But will this still be the case for...

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RDI Address 2011 11/17/11 6PM

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RDI Address 2011:‘Two Forks’ by Dinah Casson RDI, exhibition and interior designer and incoming Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers...

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RSA Thursday - Child poverty: why social franchising is a giant step in the right direction 11/17/11 1PM

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RSA Thursday Child poverty: why social franchising is a giant step in the right direction Thursday 17th November, 1pm The RSA is...

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Four Thought 11/16/11 6PM - 7:30PM

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Four Thought is broadcast on Radio 4 on Wednesdays at 8:45pm.Find out more about the series Four Thought. Radio 4 in association with...

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The Brain is Wider than the Sky 11/14/11 7PM

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The Brain is Wider than the Sky Monday 14 November, 7pm In his new book, The Brain is Wider than the Sky Bryan Appleyard draws on...

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RSA Thursday: The Darwin Economy 11/10/11 1PM

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RSA Thursday The Darwin Economy Thursday 10 November at 1pm Adam Smith’s theory of the invisible hand, which holds that competition...

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