Provocative+News

= __// Provocative News: //__ = = // The point of this page is to read or view provocative news stories and then to discuss or debate the ideas online. Periodically, I will add a link to an article, column or clip for you to read and respond to. // = = = =__ // Table of Contents // __=

// Fifth Series: Hugh Laurie, star of the TV show __House__ is a multi-talented performer. Here, he performs New Orleans blues. //
= = = = = First Series: = =// [|Warren Buffett Op/Ed] //= =// [|Buffett before Congress] //= =// media type="custom" key="10201149" "Morning Joe" discussion about Buffett testimony. //= = = =// [|Buffett goes viral] //= = = = = = Second Series: =

An hour long documentary on the growing dangers of high school football programs
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= Third Series: = = Malcolm Gladwell, author of __The Tipping Point__, __Blink__ and countless essays, delivers a speech about the transformation of the spaghetti sauce industry and the beauty of human variability. = = = =media type="custom" key="10824317"= = Fourth Series: = ==== IBM's Watson is considered the smartest computer on the planet. Can it match the human brain, though? How could we test Watson's intelligence against ours? Does Watson signal a new age of artifical intelligence? ====

=media type="custom" key="10840235"= Nova Episode: //The Smartest Machine on Earth//

= //Fifth Series:// = = TV's Hugh Laurie performs blues in New Orleans with Allen Toussaint and Irma Thomas and narrates his own musical journey. Follow the link to the full episode on PBS.org = [|Great Performances: Hugh Laurie]

=Sixth Series: =

A talk on TED.com about the information your phone companies collect about you through your cell phone use.

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