Conferences/cafés
Conference 2013 overview: towards a business perspective on hubris
Our second conference held in Cambridge in 2013 marked “a major inroad in looking at hubris from a business perspective,” said trust chairman Lord David Owen in his concluding remarks. “We...
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Read moreConference 2012: programme, abstracts and bios
Materials from our conference 'The intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life' are now available. The event, held on 9 October 2012, was organised by the Daedalus Trust in...
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Read moreConference 2012 notes: Session 1
This set features notes from the following presentations to session 1 (From power to hubris) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public...
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Read moreConference 2012 notes: Session 2
This set features notes from the following presentations to session 2 (Hubris and neuroscience) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From Neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and public life'....
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Read moreConference 2012 notes: Session 3
This set features notes from the following presentations to session 3 (Preventing and responding to hubris) of our conference 'The Intoxication of power: From neurosciences to hubris in healthcare and...
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Read moreConference 2012 overview: “an important step” in raising profile of hubris
Our first major conference marked an important step in raising public awareness of hubris and its potential for far-reaching impacts. Organised jointly by the Daedalus Trust and the Royal Society...
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Read moreConference 2012: Dr Ricardo Blaug video clip – How power corrupts
Blaug, Ricardo. "Hubris is a serious and recurrent problem associated with the processes by which individual, group and organisations simultaneously create meaning. Dr Ricardo Blaug, Reader in Democracy and Political Theory,...
Written by: Blaug, Dr Ricardo.
ViewConference 2012: Prof Ghaemi – Political power and psychopathology
"Practical measures to fight hubris should focus on fostering self-doubt. Public intellectuals could better acknowledge that science is a ‘knowing ignorance’ - a ‘philosophical faith’ is one in which one...
Written by: Ghaemi, Nassir.
Read moreConference 2012: Jamie Ward powerpoint – The social brain: neuroscience perspectives on empathy, trust and cooperation
Ward, Dr Jamie: "Powerpoint of Dr Ward's presentation to our 2012 Conference. Dr Jamie Ward , University of Sussex. The social brain: neuroscience perspectives on empathy, trust and cooperation. Download: The Social...
Written by: Ward, Dr Jamie.
Read moreConference 2012: Guy Claxton – The emotional brain and decision making
"...presents hubris as a disorder of intelligence and, more specifically as a particular form of stupidity, representing a breakdown in what are normally regarded as self-regulating systems Professor Guy...
Written by: Claxton, Guy.
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