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Last broadcast on Sun, 28 Mar 2010, 10:05 on BBC World Service.
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THE FORUM - A World Of Ideas - presented by Bridget Kendall. This week with Swedish neuroscientist Anders Sandberg, British economist John Kay and Russian artist Irina Nakhova
Illustration opposite: Erasing bad memories of tattooed skin hides as we take the scenic indirect route
ANDERS SANDBERG
Should we be allowed to banish painful memories from our minds? Swedish neuroscientist Anders Sandberg contemplates a future in which scientific advances could make this possible, but what are the risks? Is there a danger of papering over bad memories rather than working them through?
IRINA NAKHOVA
Tabloid tragedies and unusual skin tattoos – these are the tools used by Russian artist Irina Nakhova to shine a spot light on our gullibility and on the power of mass media.
JOHN KAY
And a recipe for success by an indirect route: obliquity. Economist John Kay says a head-on approach won’t help you to attain goals or create a good business, the key is being able to constantly improvise and adapt.
THE FORUM GALLERY
60 SECOND IDEA TO CHANGE THE WORLD
In our 60 Second Idea to Change the World, JOHN KAY promotes a world in which cash would no longer exist. Not having cash in our wallets, only cards and mobile phones, would make life much easier and far safer.
IN NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAMME
The former mayor of the Colombian capital Bogota has some radical
solutions to transport troubles, while novelist Lionel Shriver shows us how much life is really worth.
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