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| | 60 Second Ideas from The Forum Guests Gregory Berns thinks everyone should learn to play music.  Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldDaniel Everett believes everyone should live with strangers for a week. Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldRichard Bronk thinks everyone should take heed of the traditional Greek dictum "moderation in all things, nothing in excess". Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldMathematician Manil Suri suggests that children should be encouraged to find answers purely using logic. Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldTo find out more visit BBC News Online: pure logic Farzana Shaikh believes we live in a unipolar world with the US and its polices having a direct impact on the lives of many billions, and therfore it's time the international community was given a say in the election of the US president. Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldTom Perrotta advocates a yearly Grievance Day and Apology Day. Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldHaleh Afshar believes all beauty products should be banned. Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldFor more visit BBC News Online: ban all beauty products... Augustus Casely-Hayford argues we should all own a part of cultural history. Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldFor more visit BBC News Online: creating a world class gallery. Martha Schwartz suggests that every inhabitant of the Earth should own a share of its natural resources through a Global Resources Fund. Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldFor more visit BBC News Online: preserving national resources Vitali Vitaliev suggests we throw out all modern guide books and gazetteers, and start travelling the world, using exclusively guide books and gazetteers that are at least a hundred years old. Listen to the 60 Second Idea To Change The WorldFor more visit BBC News online: Don't throw out that old guide book... Angie Hobbs thinks all school children should record the memories of a person over the age of 60 to help build a collective memory bank. Listen to Angie Hobbs For more visit BBC News Online: Recording memories Jeffrey Rosenthal believes we should consider other factors than just price when it comes to shopping. Listen to Jeffrey Rosenthal Yvonne Brewster suggests eating home-cooked meals together. Listen to Yvonne Brewster For more visit BBC News: Let's all sit down to eat. Ruth Richardson thinks we should celebrate body donors. Listen to Ruth RichardsonFor more visit BBC NEWS: Let's celebrate organ donation. Lennard Davis suggests we all learn sign language. Listen to Lennard DavisRafael Lozano-Hemmer suggests we should eat more insects Listen to Rafael Lozano-HemmerJames Hall says all parked cars should be camouflaged Listen to James HallA C Grayling proposes that arms producing countries make public all proposals to export arms to developing countries Listen to A C GraylingDeyan Sudjic wants to stamp out the cult of the architectural icon Listen to Deyan SudjicTimothy Gowers believes debating should be reintroduced into the school curriculum Listen to Timothy GowersFrank Furedi advocates taking joint responsibility for the welfare of children Listen to Frank FurediFirst broadcast 5 October Elizabeth Pisani believes we should give ourselves neutral names Listen to Elizabeth PisaniFirst broadcast 28 September Trevor Cox feels we should not have to communicate with people all of the time Listen to Trevor CoxFirst broadcast 21 September Madhavi Sunder urges us to visit modern art museums in all countries Listen to Madhavi SunderFirst broadcast 14 September Howard Jacobson believes we should suspend all our beliefs Listen to Howard JacobsonFirst broadcast 7 September Theodore Zeldin suggests we all write our own passports Listen to Theodore ZeldinFirst broadcast 31 August Rodrigo Vazquez believes we should live like the Incas Listen to Rodrigo VazquezFirst broadcast 17 August John Sulston says the purpose of life is to discover Listen to John SulstonFirst broadcast 10 August David Runciman on why we should stop obsessing about the American presidential election Listen to David RuncimanFirst broadcast 3 August Nii Parkes advocates renewing our links with nature and pouring libations before using natural rescources Listen to Nii ParkesFirst broadcast 27 July Cecile Laborde wants to apply traditional sabbatarian laws to the internet Listen to Cecile LabordeFirst broadcast 20 July Eva Hoffman advocates teaching children as young 10 years old philosophy Listen to Eva HoffmanFirst broadcast 13 July Elleke Boehmer maintains the world would be a better place if all leaders took up gardening Listen to Elleke BoehmerFirst broadcast 6 July Nick Bostrom believes we should develope cognitive enhancing drugs to make ourselves smarter Listen to Nick BostromFirst broadcast 29 June Jan Zalasiewicz feels we should abolish international football Listen to Jan ZalasiewiczFirst broadcast 22 June Ndidi Nwuneli believes every adult should read to a child for two hours each week Listen to Ndidi NwuneliFirst broadcast 15 June Haifa Zangana thinks every country should come up with a national poem. Listen to Haifa ZanganaFirst broadcast 8 June Amos Nur proposes that remaining oil reserves be distributed to the world's population to manage themselves Amos Nur's 60 second ideaFirst broadcast 1 June AL Kennedy feels there should be more foolishness and laughter in the political process Listen to AL KennedyFirst broadcast 25 May Odaline de la Martinez believes people should dance Listen to Odaline de la MartinezFirst broadcast 18 May Diane Wei Liang states the case for universal chopstick use Listen to Diane Wei LiangFirst broadcast 11 May, 2007 Pankaj Mishra believes converting to vegetarianism would solve a lot of the world's problems Listen to Pankaj MishraFirst broadcast 4 May, 2007 Loretta Napoleoni suggests politicians and journalists take routine lie detector tests Listen to Loretta NapoleoniFirst broadcast 27 April, 2007 Faisal Devji promotes self sacrifice Listen to Faisal Devji First broadcast 20 April, 2007 Angela Hobbs believes politicians leading troops into battle would really concentrate the mind Listen to Angela HobbsFirst broadcast 13 April, 2007 Kishore Mahbubani suggests students spend a semester overseas Listen to Kishore MahbubaniFirst broadcast 6 April, 2007 | | |||||||||||||||||||||
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