sometimes we don't. there are some areas where we have to improve our game. look at secondary education, for example. but, i think this anxiety maybe helps us more than it hurts us. >> walter? >> it's walter isaacson. you are co-chair of the aspen strategy group. >> shameless. >> shameless plug for joe. running aspen strategy group. you talk about russia quite a bit. we see a major dissipation of power in russia and can putin survive? >> i think russia is a country in serious decline. it's a one prop economy with a democratic problem. there are going to be fewer russians in the future. the average russian male dies a decade earlier than his normal in most developed countries and they can't make the reforms they