For later broadcast in case youe wondering about all the equipment, and at the end of the conversation, well have a questionandanswer period where you can ask the speakers anything you like, although please wait for the microphone once youve been called upon by one of the speakers so the audience at home can hear you. Also to help with that please turn off your cell phone. No, really do it, because itll ring otherwise, i promise you. Okay. On with the show. Tonight our guests are adrian chen who is a new yorkbased writer whose work has appeared in wired, new York Magazine and the New York Times. Hes written extensively on many of the issues under discussion tonight such as virtual communities. He may have first come to your attention for his brilliant expose of silk road that was reported for gawker, and i should also note hes got an amazing article calls the agency called the agency about an army of trolls in russia which is in this weekends New York Times magazine. He is, in addition
She doesnt report as much as she used to because now shes doing a lot more freelance writing since shes written this bestselling book about a battle by one man leading an effort to fight against chinese imports into the United States that decimated the Furniture Industry in virginia and north carolina. It is a very wellwritten book. Shes a great storyteller, and while it sounds like a heavy subject, its not. I would definitely recommend it for summertime reading even on the beach. She tells this story in a very human way so people understand the impact of it, but shes also very fair in terms of dealing with the different perspectives and viewpoints about imports and their positive and negative effects on u. S. Economy and american consumers. So i think its a great, great book, and i encourage people to read it. Ive always realize a trilogy of books about american president s, and if some of our viewers are history lovers like i am, i commend these three books which cover most of our pr