The stage we are welcoming back to new america, andrew mcathe and erik brynjolfsson. Theyre back testimony with a followup. That book is machine, platform, crowd, harnessing our Digital Futures which we have copies of for sale forking the conversation, shy mention. By further introduction, andy this Principal Research scientist and erik is the director othe initiative on Digital Economy at m. I. T. , and both of them are the top headed scholars on how technology is changing business and economics. Joining them on stage, alice son griswold, a reporter where she covers the economy, another sharing economy and strata conflicts. She comes from slate magazine where she wrote about business and economics for in the money box column. So we have copies of erik and andys book for sale. Following the conversation and they will stick around and autograph them for you. Without further adieu, Andrew Mcafee and erik brynjolfsson, and alice son. Thank you for coming. Tell us bat your book. Well dive
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A court in italy finds him guilty of multiple counts of manslaughter. And donald trump nominates the ceo of exxon mobil to be the next u. S. Secretary of state. Oil and diplomacy. Rex tillerson is a friend of vladimir putin, and his nomination heightens concerns about conflict of interest between the president elect and the president of russia. Brent i am brent goff. Good to have you with us. Rebels in aleppo have agreed on a deal to withdraw from the city and evacuate the people the civilians trapped inside. That is after the Syrian Military always crushed resistance there in the last 48 hours. Residents are now fleeing in their thousands as Government Forces retake control of the last pockets of formerly held areas by the rebels. The military offensive in the city is all but over, having left east aleppo in total rooms. Ruins. Reporter these could be scenes from the devastated cities of europe during world war ii. But this is today, and this is aleppo. Official evacuations hadnt even
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