But Lawrence Weschler has often come, his books have always had Something Interesting going on and i say this in a singular way he writes in about and has written about unique people or sometimes there are extraordinary situations as well but often these books are unique and unusual and this is a time when often it feels like it makes us all same exactly like something informed and conventional. The last time he was here in seattle was a couple of years ago with a man quite wellknown in the world of film walter murch and he had kept in touch and all these work he is done as a film editor. He is one of the foremost to his one in oscar and also an astrophysicist by heart with rogue theories and a book called waves passing in the night a book by Renan Walters with the dialogue of what he was doing. He does it in serious ways in various times. Tonight he is here for a book in this case someone we really have heard of that being delayed dr. Oliver sacks and this book chronicles the 30year f
The ceo said it is harder to find people willing to do it. They are not wanting to come to us. It is so dangerous to walk the streets. The fear stems from a shooting in broad daylight that left a man in critical condition. Since then, they were so shooting in two stabbings, leaving two people dead. Even the people on the streets are reluctant to come to the area. They are afraid to come to the dining room during the daytime to have lunch because of the situation. He points to the openair drug sales as a source of the increase. Though the entire mission is to be compassionate, he says enough is enough. Saint anthonys will meet with the d. A. And police chief to discuss the lack of Public Safety and demand accountability. We are three blocks away. It looks like this. I cant compute how this could be allowed. The Salvation Army operates a Supportive Housing complex. The captain is frustrated by the practice , putting people into housing without regard to the drug or Mental Health problems
No, it is not. I borrow that title. I read that book, the third wave, in 1980, and i was mesmerized by the agricultural revolution followed by the industrial revolution. He was protecting the technology revolution, what we now know as the internet. I knew that is what i wanted to do. It took me time to get into that world. When i decided to write a book, i borrowed that title. Thankfully it was still alive. He provided a blurb for the book. What are your three waves . I focus on the internet. It is really two of the waves that we have seen and one wave that is coming. The first wave, getting America Online, getting the world online. Back in 1985, only 32 of people were online 3 of people were online. They were only online one hour a week. When we said we wanted to create a connected world, we knew it was going to be tough. It took us a decade. In the first wave no one knew or cared about the internet. By the end 2000, everybody was of it 2000, everybody was connected. , that set the st
Thankfully it was still alive. What are your three waves . I focus on the internet. Is the ways we see, and one way that is coming. The first wave, getting America Online, getting the world online. Back in 1985, only 32 of people were online 3 of people were online. We knew it was going to be tough. It took us a decade. By the end of it, 2000, everybody was connected. That set the stage for the last 15 years or so, Building Software and services on top of the internet. That is the second wave. Now we are seeing the third wave pick up steam, the internet integrated in seamless and pervasive ways, sometimes invisible ways throughout our lives. Changing health care, transportation, energy, food. Pretty big sectors of the economy. Requires a different playbook point be successful. Can you give an example of a product that will see in the third wave . Take health care. Everyone focuses on the challenges of health care, how do use technology to make it more convenient to have Better Outcomes
The internet. The second wave. Now we are seeing the third wave pick up steam, the internet integrated in seamless and pervasive ways, sometimes invisible ways throughout our lives. Changing health care, transportation, energy, food. Pretty big sectors of the economy. Playbooka different point be successful. Can you give an example of a product that will see in the third wave . Take health care. Everyone focuses on the challenges of health care, how do use technology to make it more convenient to have Better Outcomes . Said when people come for second opinions, 25 of the time they were a first opinion. But is a Data Analysis problem. There is a lot of work when one company met with tempest creating an operating system for cancer, much more precise in terms of the diagnosis and what drugs or therapies people should take. We know kids learn differently. How do we use technology to create a more personalized adapted way to learn . All kinds of things. Some of that is changed in the first