Is not we dont need to be captives or hostage to the idea that in an earlier age there was no physical way, there was no technological way for us to come together and i would suggest that only under the very narrow circumstances anticipated by this resolution could we continue to work on behalf of the american public. I appreciate and yield back you also raised are the point. I dont think theres any constitutional issues revolving revolving around whether or not committees can meet virtually. I mean, the constitution the commit constitution creates the committees. We all agree on that. Miss shalala. Mr. Chairman, i want to make a comment about the suggestion that scientists and Public Health people are making policy in this country. They are not. Were the policymakers. The governors, the mayors are the policymakers. They seek advice during a crisis like this one with a vicious virus from experienced scientists and Public Health officials, and they can take that advice or not take that
Contains on a timely subject that the height of stocks of amazon and google and others and with a broad scope why this book and why now . Thank you for having me by the way. I started this book in 2017. I had just taken a job as a columnist the mandate was to figure out the World Biggest business in opinion form which is a rather large mandate and in order to narrow the funnel, started to look through corporate numbers i saw how well they transition from the Financial Sector to the Technology Sector since a great financial crisis and one number that stuck out was looking at how 80 percent of corporate wealth was being held than 10 percent of the firms. Those were the richest in personal data and intellectual property. You are holding the majority of the worlds corporate wealth and the majority of those are that i profile in the book. Netflix and google. Host there are some overlap like facebook and google with Digital Advertising and apple has shunned advertising and technology. Huber
Food and that have the relationships of universities and it doesnt mean there arent other Companies Like salesforce or huber that are doing Amazing Things for through these Nine Companies the entire ecosystem touches them in addition to all the things i just mentioned they are building the framework and the silicone chips. All roads lead to these Nine Companies on the challenge that i have is the case the Artificial Intelligence is not just bill to create better microwave although that school to optimize our lives using data as current see what does it mean when we relegate that to a handful of companies and those working at these companies . That dont look like us and dont have the same worldviews as us what are the longerterm downstream implications . Three of those companies are in china. They are publicly traded companies but have lived in china and anybody who watches china knows that publicly traded companies are still under the thumb of beijing so there is no escape if you are a
Host the winner of the Fellowship Award shes been a resident in the Nonfiction Program and instructor at the school for poetic computation. Additionally her essays and reviews have appeared in publications such as the new york times, defends, the globe and many others. She will be joined in conversation this evening by a clinical instructor and lecturer where they teach students to Practice Technology by working online. The work reflects on the technology and the law covering topics such as facial recognition, computer security, Online Harassment and freedom of expression. Tonight they are going to we ars the new book, working. It is a poetic history that will resonate with anyone who goes online to listen and learn, not to shout and grandstand. And insightful ways reviewing what has been lost, but has been stolen and what possibilities may still be recovered. Workers of the world unite. We are so pleased to host the event here please join me in welcoming joanne mcneil. [applause] to s
Fellowship award for emerging digital arts writer for the art foundation. Resident in the Nonfiction Program fellow. Additionally her essays and reviews have appeared in publications the New York Times wired and many others. She will be joined in conversation this evening by the clinical instructor at from Harvard Law School where they teach students how to Work Technology and then those critiques covering topics such as facial recognition Computer Security and tonight we will discuss her new book calling it a poetic and empathetic history of the internet that will resonate deeply with anyone. To listen and learn not shout and grandstand. Tracing the commercialization of the Digital World in incite full ways for what has been stolen will be recovered we are pleased to host this book event here welcome to joann. [applause] to start i will stand up. It is a short passage but maybe it will make you smile a little bit this is a chapter called sharing. Around the time from the launch in 200