Look for the sounds in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv. Org. When i joined a small Group Evaluating the evidence on bin laden, it was a very hard call. We had intelligence that had been painstakingly gathered, that pointed towards this compound in abbottabad, but the best you could say was that it was a 4060 probability. So it was a lot of gut check. Does this look like a place that would be housing bin laden . What are the facts that would lead you to that conclusion . And the president s advisers were divided, not because one was right and one was wrong, but because we were all really working hard to come to the very best recommendation. At the end of the process i recommended to the president that he perceived with the seal a tie, although i knew, and my heart was in my throat the entire time that this was a very big and risky undertaking. And then finally the phone rang one night at my home in washington and on the ot
Cease . Guest ing well, thanks for asking. By the word hacking, i mean a playful rethinking of a subject as compare today a nefarious computer hacker, and that has to do with the book that i wrote. The logic is we can rethink happiness so its not just about mood, and we can also measure happiness by using emerging technology, and thats also where the app in paren the cease comes into play. How you can be accountable, how you can be a provider and how you can be proactive. So it has to do with a subject matter i cover in the book. Host whats the role of technology in creating happiness . Guest well, i think its, the first thing is that technology is so much a part of our lives now in one sense, it has to a certain extent become us. Outside the idea of sort of cyborg questions, we have a fake limb thats wifi enabled which is pretty possible, the logic is that our iphones and smartphones are such a huge part of our lives, to ignore technology or say im just going to ignore it, i think for
Happyneiness host what is the role of technology in creating happiness . Guest well, i think the first thing is that technology is so much a part of our lives in one sense it has, to a certain extent, become us. Outside of the idea of cyborg questions of could we have a make limb that is wifi enabled, which is possible, the logic is the smart phones are a huge part of our lives and to ignore technology, i think for most of us, that is hard at a do. I read a study, i think was commissioned by the people at huffing post, that said of the woman surveyed in the study, 3,000 people, half of them said they would rather skip sex for a month than go without their smart phone. So my logic is lets acknowledge all of tools being used by advertise to track our life and make sure we are safe and recognize and study the patterns of wellbeing and mood and optimize or increase our hap happiness and not just our mood but our longterm wellbeing. Host how tracked are we . Guest all of time. I think it is
Like, i think its easier just to assume there are very few times that were not tracked. And by that, most people will say to me, a lot of times theyll say, you know, i read a lot for Technology Magazines like mashable and the guardian, and theyll say, well, it doesnt affect me because im not on facebook, or my grandmothers not on facebook. I say to them, look, first of all, i think the number is Something Like theres 45 Million People whose photos are on facebook and who can be facially identified through tagging, and they may not even be on facebook. So the fact that to say like my activity and my behavior that i know about means that im not being tracked is, in general, factually just untrue. Author john havens on how your personal day is tracked and used and tips on how to secure your digital footprint tonight at eight eastern on the communicators on cspan2. Recently, a Georgia Senate republican primary debate was held between candidates, representative kingston and businessman davi
Host the Bloodiest Day was yesterday so far in the tensions between the israeli army and hamas forces. Later today, were focusing on Foreign Policy with an event we are covering at 2 00 eastern time, the middle east policies of, and next, our focus is a rock. We are going to take it to the atlantic counselor for live coverage. On the threatsg between iraq and syria, also known as isis, and it will analyze u. S. Policy in the middle east. This figures will include the iraqi master to the u. S. And the Deputy Defense department secretary. Life coverage here on cspan with the Atlantic Council. Thanks for joining us on this monday. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day. Again, we are live this morning as the Atlantic Council here in washington, d. C. , is hosting a discussion on the escalating violence in iraq and the threat of the Islamic State of iraq and syria, known as isis. Analysts will look at u. S. Policy in the middle east. Among the speakers, we expect to hear from the iraqi ambass