Obviously, i could do this privately and i have but i would like to say a public thank you to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. So terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, vices sciencefiction chro
You to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. Terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, a vices sciencefiction chronicle. However, the thing that particularly commands her to our attention and brings are
I just realized i didnt know if we did a sound check. If so glad to see everyone here. I love doing book events because weve got to keep us alive. Science books are the best. I want to think of the Simon Foundation for supporting all of our initiatives here where we do light events and private events that are science themed or science inspired. Its really with their support they were able to use these events to shout out to the simon. Woo hoo. I want to mention before i introduce our guest about the amateur Astronomers Association of new york will be out in the garden. [applause] its going to be out in the cold garden tonight with telescopes and helping us to view the skies and the claimant is that the clouds will clear write about exactly as we finish the last question. Will also have a book signing for the glass universe. Well have a book signing over here and do a little q a after our conversation. Let me introduce our guest. Im sure a lot of you have heard of our guest. I want to i
I just realized i didnt know if we did a sound check. If so glad to see everyone here. I love doing book events because weve got to keep us alive. Science books are the best. I want to think of the Simon Foundation for supporting all of our initiatives here where we do light events and private events that are science themed or science inspired. Its really with their support they were able to use these events to shout out to the simon. Woo hoo. I want to mention before i introduce our guest about the amateur Astronomers Association of new york will be out in the garden. [applause] its going to be out in the cold garden tonight with telescopes and helping us to view the skies and the claimant is that the clouds will clear write about exactly as we finish the last question. Will also have a book signing for the glass universe. Well have a book signing over here and do a little q a after our conversation. Let me introduce our guest. Im sure a lot of you have heard of our guest. I want to i
People. Now the house of representatives is about to show us the worst of government for the rich and powerful. The house is about to vote on a budget deal, a deal negotiated behind closed doors that slips in a provision that would let derivatives traders on wall street gamble with taxpayer money and get bailed out by government when their risky bets threaten to blow up our Financial System. This is a democracy and the American People didnt elect us to stand up for kri grocitigrou. They elected us to stand up for all the people. Senator Elizabeth Warren has seized defacto control of the Democratic Party leadership in this lame duck session of congress that is struggling to find a way to finance government. Elizabeth warren wants to do it without sur anne arundelering on hard earned legislative victories democrats have already won, including the dodd frank bill regulating the financial industry. Fl nancy pelosi was in favor of the republican budget deal before she was against it. Nancy