Governments around the world. Her book is the information trade. Hi, everybody. Thank you for coming. I am the editor of the outlook section of the Washington Post which is our home for ideas and essays and criticism including Nonfiction Book coverage, and im very lucky and you are very lucky to be here tonight with alexis wichowski, who is the author of the information trade, how big tech conquerors, challenges rights and transforms the world. Can you hear me without the microphone . No. Okay. Can you hear me with the microphone . Also, know in the back. Yeah. Alexis wichowski is the deputy y cto of new york city where she runs basically the policy Experiment Lab trying to get the others to compete for who can devise the best programs to improve the social warfare of the citizens of new york. Shes an adjunct professor of the communications of Columbia University and spent a couple of decades studying the issues then as a member of the staff in the un mission, state department, and als
Also number alexis is deputy ceo of new york city where she runs basically a policy Experiment Lab trying to get vendors to compete for who can devise the best programs to improve social welfare of the citizens of new york. She is the adjunct professor of tech media and communications at Columbia University and she spent a couple decades studying these issues extremely intensively as a student and then as a member of the staff at the un mission. Of the state department, and also just thinking very deeply about them which is so clear from this book which i really admire. So quick round of applause for alexis. [applause] this book is about what you call met states, maybe you want to start by taking a minute and showing us what those are and why you felt like we needed a new category for them. Thank you for coming, its wonderful to see you here and i think the best way to describe what it is is to talk about how icame upon the idea to write this book in the first place. Back in 2015, ther
Alexis is a deputy ceo of new york city where she runs basically a policy Experiment Lab trying to get offenders to compete for who can devise the best programs to improve social welfare of the citizens of new york. Shes in that adjunct professor of communications at Columbia University and shes studying issues extremely intensively as a chicago student and then as a member of the staff at the u. N. Mission of the state department and also a quick round of applause for alexis. [applause] just jump right into this book is about whatn you call states. Maybe you want to take a minute to tell us what those are and you why you thought we needed a new category 4 them. Thank you all so much for coming and its so wonderful to see you all here. I think the best way to describe it is to talk about how i came upon the idea to write this book in the first place. Back in 2015 there were a number of terrorist attacks across france and in november of 2016 there was the largest terror attack which kil
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