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Good afternoon. Before starting, would you please silence all cell phones during the session. A reminder that personal recording of sessions is not allowed. There will be a book signing following the session, and this panel will be meeting in signing area number one which you will find noted on your festival map. And you can also ask one of the volunteers in the room to direct you. Welcome. Im lynn fieldman, a freelance Science Writer and editor of Science Writers magazine published by the National Association of Science Writers. And i will serve as moderator of this session on science, technology and the human condition. It is my honor to introduce our panelists. At your far right beth shapiro, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of californiasanta cruz. Her research is centered on the analysis of ancient dna. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including nature and science, and she is a 2009 recipient of a mac arthur award. She live
Extinction looks at the very real and compelling Science Behind an idea one scene as Science Fiction and addresses how the distinction will redefine it in the future. Next is david morris. The former marine officer he worked as a reporter in iraq from 2004 to 2007 his writing has appeared in the new yorker, slate the virginia quarterly review and the best american nonrequired reading. His book a biography of post Traumatic Stress disorder or a memoir it is also an analysis of an ever increasing phenomena that has changed the landscape of our culture. It too is a finalist in the sears competition. He was part of a team of times reporters that one the prize for explanatory reporting for its look into that Business Practices by apple and other Technology Companies that illustrates the darker side oflo a changing Global Economy for workers and consumers. He lives in San Francisco. His book machines of loving grace, the quest for Common Ground will they help us orp will they replace us. Thi
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Rapidly and schools cant keep the future is going to be full of surprises. John politicians often price the future. This is ridiculous, and its grotesque. John you say its exciting. Some people say its creepy. Its disrupting. And i dont disagree in any way. John exciting or creepy, the Tech Revolution is now. I assume many of you maybe most of you own one of these smartphones because of these, political campaigns today are different. Were volunteers with the ted cruz campaign. I was wondering if i could ask you a couple of questions. Door knockings old but the way steve and debbie do it now is new. They are at this store only because their phones told them. The people who live here might vote for ted cruz. We have set out the object at the outset of the campaign to run the most datadriven, data analytic campaign in the history of politics. Obama did that both times he ran. A secret weapon used to defeat mitt romney, a highly sophisticated data mining operation. Beyond anything that mod