and now for the last look, which is sort of another book recommendation. it s called the drinkable book. at first glance it looks like an average book with information about sanitation. but let s just say you wouldn t want to buy the kindle version of this book. you see, the pages themselves are water filters containing silver nanoparticles that kill bacteria. to use, simply tear out a filter, place it into a plastic filter box and poor contaminated water through it. the result, according to the book s developers, is safe, clean drinking water. something the world health organization says 663 million people around the world still do not have access to. in fact, waterborne illnesses kill nearly 1,000 children every single day according to unicef. the drinkable book is relatively inexpensive to produce and the pages are reusable. a page can filter 26 gallons of
college football craziness over the weekend. two top 15 teams squared off. we had michigan versus michigan state. watch how this game ends. whoa, he has trouble with the snap! and the ball is free! it s picked up by michigan state! jaylen jackson, and he scores in the last play of the game! the coach from michigan decides to punt with five seconds left, fourth and 3. they end up scoring. it was such a crazy ending, a fan in the stadium had a heart attack. we hope he s okay. did the. announcer: announcer have a heart attack, too? who was he a fan for? michigan. i want to point you into another book recommendation because you know i love that. over the summer i got a chance to read this, extreme
people to begin engaging. and the more they engage the more you can start to see this data in a preventative context as opposed to a reactive context. have you had your own blood tested this way? all the time. yeah. reporter: how often? well i m a little extreme, but i do it at least monthly. reporter: wow. elizabeth holmes a pleasure to have you on. great to be here. next on gps, behind me through the rain and fog, can you hopefully make out the sprawling city of seattle. i ll tell you why 40 years ago nobody could have, would have predicted the seattle of today. plus bill gates will give you a book recommendation when we get back.
is that the qualification? i m saying there is no question in our mind thated alent aadolescents who drink beer, use ecstasy end one lifelong addictions. jamie i saw you shaking your head, ten seconds to respond. exactly. so it s actually ten seconds. pharmacologically and physically proven there is no connection between cannabis and harder drugs. what creates the connection is exactly prohibition because it s the prohibition that forces these young people into an environment, into a subculture where they re buying on the black market and buying on the black market they ve got access to the harder drugs. what holland has done is separate the soft from the hard and that s what we need to do here in the united states, separate the two. we re going to leave it there. you guys come back, i want to continue this conversation at some point. general, thank you, and thank you also general for the book recommendation as well, clinton yates and jamie, we ll be right back.
now for our question of the week. here s what i want to know. the new british government has started an effort to free the society of unnecessary laws, encouraging citizens to write in and suggest laws that need to be abolished. so my question to you, what is the single stupidest law in your part of the world, in your country? what do you want repealed where you live? let me know. and don t forget to subscribe to our podcast on itunes. we ve always had a video podcast. now we have an audio one too. it s doing very well on itunes. thank you. more of you need to subscribe to it. you will never miss a show, and it s free. now, as i do every week, a book recommendation. i ve been traveling and haven t been reading at my usual pace, but daniel finkelstein of the london times sings the praises