Jun 18 Widening the Experiential: Jaron Lanier Explains Virtual Reality By Paul Solman // Jaron Lanier, the widely regarded father of virtual reality, recounts his early experience introducing virtual reality to Hollywood and how his vision of his own technology differed from what some people wanted. Our interview with Lanier about his book,… Continue reading
Jun 18 Widening the Experiential: Jaron Lanier Explains Virtual Reality By Jaron Lanier // Jaron Lanier, the widely regarded father of virtual reality, recounts his early experience introducing virtual reality to Hollywood and how his vision of his own technology differed from what some people wanted. Our interview with Lanier about his book,… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch Should the Government Pay for Information It Collects About Its Citizens? Should Government Pay for the Information It Collects About Its Citizens?… Continue watching
Jun 17 After Retiring, Bored Into Working EmbedVideo(6712, 482, 304); David Thompson is "semi-retired." After his official retirement, the NASCAR buff decided to take a part-time job at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. "I just did not want to totally quit working."… Continue reading
Jun 17 Are Social Security's Fiscal Concerns Overblown? By Paul Solman There have been dire warnings about future fiscal shortfalls for years, explains Paul Solman. Photo courtesy of Dave Reede/Getty Images. In his weekly Social Security Q&A, published earlier Monday, Larry Kotlikoff makes the case that Social Security's funding gap… Continue reading
Jun 17 Are Social Security's Fiscal Concerns Overblown? By Paul Solman By Paul Solman There have been dire warnings about future fiscal shortfalls for years, explains Paul Solman. Photo courtesy of Dave Reede/Getty Images. In his weekly Social Security Q&A, published earlier Monday, Larry Kotlikoff makes the case that Social… Continue reading
Jun 17 How the Government Is Fooling Us About the Solvency of Social Security By Laurence Kotlikoff The government should be budgeting for infinity, Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff argues, if Social Security is to remain solvent. Photo courtesy of Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social… Continue reading
Jun 17 How the Government Is Fooling Us About the Solvency of Social Security By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff The government should be budgeting for infinity, Social Security expert Larry Kotlikoff argues, if Social Security is to remain solvent. Photo courtesy of Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional… Continue reading
Jun 14 Without Money to Retire, Paramedic Must Stay Healthy to Keep Working EmbedVideo(6691, 482, 304); Joel Peters, 62, plans on working as a paramedic for as long as he can perform the physically demanding job. Video shot and produced by David Pelcyger. Sixty-two isn't too old to be a paramedic,… Continue reading
Jun 14 Are College and Career Skills Really the Same? By Paul Solman The Common Core curriculum standards don't prepare students for the workforce, says Robert Lerman. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: Centrist economist Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute and American University is back on this page with a timely… Continue reading