It's time to get way from ideological food fights, and rediscover the lost art of democratic agrument! Health care, bonuses, same sex marriage. Just beneith the surface of these arguments lie the true big questions of justice and morale, but they hardly ever get discussed. Justice is giving people what they deserve (Aristotle). So, who gets the flute? the best or the worst flute player? The best -  Because that is what flutes are for! Recognizing the purpose of a cause. Golf: Casey Martin was a great golf player with a bad leg. When he asked for …

Her job in  the CIA was to make sure the nuclear bomb didn't fall in the wrong hands. She believed the threat of nuclear terrorism was the most dangerous threat. Today there's enough HEU (highly enriched uranium) to make 100,000 bombs. USA and Russia hold about 97% of all nuclear weapons. But almost anyone can buy a bomb, steal a bomb, or make a bomb. It's time for diarmment. Wilson's purpose is to provoke, to make aware that now it is time for the Total elimination of nuclear weapons. Lock down all nuclear material and all nuclear activity in …

How are we embedded in social netweorks, and how do they affect our lives? How do they form, operate and affect us? Cluster clouds help visualize human social networks and with that identify patterns and clusters. Example Obesity: Obesity clusters show that there is an obvious relationship between the close social network being obese and the individual being obese. Reasons for this could be human behavioral patterns of Induction (influence of surroundings on own behavior), homophony (association based on same body size), and confounding. Friends: Cluster clouds show that people have different ways of friendships: Some have friends that …

People do stupid things, that's what spreads HIV. Because HIV is the story of addiction and sex. And if there are two things that make people a little bit irrational, it's addictions and erections Yes, most people are doing stupid things, and that within their rationale of that situation. Example: Addicts in Bandung, Surabaya and Jakarta all know that they are getting HIV from shared needles. And they also know where to get shared needles. So, why do they continue to share needles if they know? Because they don't want to go to jail. In Indonesia, The politics' rationale: …

Morale and ethics are detached from science. Science may never be able to answer the fundamental questions in life, i.e. what is worth living for. Harris disagrees with this separation. Values are facts. We care less about the feelings of a rock than about the feelings of a human, because we know that rocks don't have feelings. There. And while the moral landscape is not guaranteed to map the scientific space, facts affect human actions. And there are facts that make it possible to guide morale decisions. Objective morality. Is there a universal morale? Example: The "problem" or …

Why is Graham not a vegetarian? His common sense was in conflict with his taste... Graham didn't respond to the either/or solution. That's why he became a weekday veg: No meat during the week, and free choice on the weekend. Free choice = sustainable meats and fish. After all, if all of us ate less meat, half of us would be vegetarians!

This is the greatest time that's ever been on this planet, thanks to triumphs of the scientific method. That's the good news. But despite our progress people still go hungry, and besides that, we pretty much trashed our planet. We are having the hardest time to accept facts. And while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, no one is entitled to their own facts. People have lost faith in institutions, politics and society. Therefor it is perfectly legitimate to ask questions, demands proof. But when proof is given, we need to accept it. We live in an epidemic …

The long news: The search for news stories that will still matter in a decade. What are these stories? Science news. Feeding the world. China rising. Discovery. Top news story last year: Water found on the moon.

TED's plan to protect the oceans: In April, a vessel will set out to the Galapagos. On board scientists, celebs, and philanthropists, recording talks that will be transmitted to the world along with razofish's visual campaigns to save the sea. It's a step. Anyone with $20,000 or more to donate is invited to join.