Authors@Google
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The Authors@Google program brings writers and speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise to speak at Google. We then share the talks on YouTube with the rest of the world - a sort of virtual bookstore tour, right from your very home.
What began as a Google employee-only phenomenon — because of the number of interesting people who always seemed to be dropping by the Googleplex HQ in Mountain View, CA. — the idea soon evolved into one of the world’s most successful online video speaker series.
I think Authors@Google is unquestionably one of the things that made Google such a special place to work at.
(Click on the images or the links to launch to the YouTube video).
Favorites.
Here’s a list of some of the best/most memorable Authors@Google events. Much more intellectually stimulating than the usual YouTube video of kittens or lame mashup music video!
Authors@Google: Heroes and Philosophy [Sept. 2009]
* “Oh look, he put his video first!” I know, I know. But this is the only time in the history of anything I can be on a list ahead of Obama. Even if that list were to be: “People from Hawaii who also spoke at Google.”
Politics.
Candidates@Google: Barack Obama [Nov. 14, 2007]
Women@Google: Hilary Clinton [February 25, 2007]
Women@Google: Arianna Huffington
Thinkers, Writers, Philosophers.
Authors@Google: Salman Rushdie
Authors@Google: Slajov Zizek [October 3, 2008]
Authors@Google: Simon Critchley
Authors@Google: Christopher Hitchens [August 16, 2007]
Authors@Google: Michael Pollan [March 6, 2008]
Authors@Google: Noam Chomsky [May 2, 2008] -
Authors@Google: Phillip Zimbardo
Popular Culture.
Links.
A nice article from the San Francisco Chronicle about Authors@Google.
You can now follow Authors@Google on Twitter.
And here is the official Authors@Google YouTube channel.
