Paris in world war ii. The book covers daily life in the 40s of occupation the underground resistance in the citys liberation by the allies. This is an hour. Good evening everyone. I think we would like to get started with tonights program. We do have cspan booktv tonight filming the talk was so we are really excited about that and we are grateful that so many people will be able to see the program this evening. To that end i just wanted to ask you please if you have questions in there will be a fairly long questionandanswer period we are going to pass the handheld microphone around so you can be heard on the podium. Therell be two of us looking for you. Indicate if you have a question we will come along and pass the mic. When you have it in your hand youll be able to ask the questions everybody in the audience will hear, so appreciate your cooperating with that request. I do want to say that its my pleasure to introduce professor and author Ronald Rosbottom who has read me recently wr
You credited steve jobs that it was an original idea for you the way you are talking about these days. You gave the jefferson lecture the summer for the National Endowment for the humanities and he talked about in great detail that intersection the humanities and technology. Its a theme you are beginning to explore. I wonder she would talk a little bit more about that. The book begins with ada and it ends ends with a then it ends with data forever because their vision of the combination of human creativity and machines has turned out to be more powerful even though someday we will hit the singularity and you can bite all the people that were predicted that it but its always 20 years away or whatever but in the meantime the connection of human creativity augmented by the power of machines as Doug Engelbrecht and others have said and even today the end of the book is with google. The google algorithm is not just some computer algorithm. If the computer algorithm that also connects to the
Food and water to tens of thousands of people stranded on a mountaintop in northern iraq. These innocent families are faced with the horrible choice descend the mountain and be slaughtered or stay and slowly die of starvation. Reporter the catholics and others fled their towns as isis militants moved in demanding they convert to islam or be killed. President obama says he will call on the u. S. Military for air strikes if necessary. We can act carefully and responsibly to prevent a potential act of genocide. Reporter the militants are also threatening americans in the city of irbil. When the lives of americans are at risk, well take action. Thats my responsibility. Reporter the president says air strikes will be used to protect u. S. Military advisers and diplomats stationed there. As commanderinchief i will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in iraq. Reporter the president said he wont put troops on the ground. Michelle sigona for cbs news, new york. P
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