Their work reflects on critiques, technology and law cover topics such as facial recognition, computer security, Online Harassment and freedom of expression. Theyre ask youing the new book lurking, a history of the internet that will resonate with anyone who goes online to listen and learn. Not shout and grandstands. Mcneil trait treyses the commercialization of the Digital World in unaccepted and playful ways revealing what has been lost, what stolen, and what you utonage utopian possibilities might still eaves. Join me in welcoming them. I have a really brief reading i wanted to do. Sigh read there or here or its up to you. I will just stand up. Its just a short passage that with give you a sense of the style of the book. This is in a chapter called sharing. Around the time of its first iphone launch in sorry around the time of the its first smartphone flank 2007, it was possible if unwise to talk about apple as an underdog, and adopt the corporations own narrative am holdover since
Witnessing the current resurgence of democratic socialism in the United States, as it simplified by the growing membership of democratic socialism in america and the popularity of politicians like Bernie Sanders and alexandria ocasiocortez, the explore how this energy might be channeled to achieve a future that is more democratic, egalitarian, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. So let me introduce our guests tonight. Journalist kate aronoff has appeared in the guardian, the nation, and the New York Times. She is a coeditor of we own the future democratic socialism american style together with peter dreier and michael. She lives in brooklyn. Michael denzel smith is the author of the New York Times bestseller invisible man got the whole world watching. And a fellow at the nation institute. He is written for the New York Times, the atlantic, complex, the paris review, harpers, the new republic, the guardian and the root, and just been a featured com
Its a great pleasure to see this crowd. You will all get cspan so be on your best behavior. We are here to launch a very important book on the future of the u. S. China relationship called the struggle for power u. S. China relations in the 21st century. I want to say word about that but first i want to recognize some very distinguished guests. I want to recognize the cochair of our Organization Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice who was here with us. [applause] and youll be hearing from secretary rice in about half an hour. She will be one of our conversationalists. Our other cochair, harvard ever does professor, could not be here with his buddies very much part of this effort. I want to pay tribute to our former secretary of defense and a very good friend of mine, secretary bill cohen and mrs. Janet cohen. Welcome secretary. Janet, welcome. [applause] i want to pay tribute to one of i think one of the people who for me a bodies bipartisanship whos involved in every effort to
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