stanford stream of spoly institute for the national studies chair of stafford s artificial intelligence and international security steering committee and a contributing writer at the atlantic but wait, there s more abc a guards also a book author her latest title being spies lives and algorithms the history and future of american intelligence. amy great to see you and congratulations on the book great to see youtube bill. thanks. it s always nice to your book rather than just be writing a book and that leads to my first question. i just listed countless things you re doing in and around the stanford world. how do you find time to write a book? well because we couldn t get together and we couldn t travel so i am moved all my books to my home office and hold up and that s how i was able to. finish it took a lot of you know structured time away from the office to get it done and just a lot of discipline, i guess and just kind of keeping atticus. it s like i deal in collaborating
i am absolutely delighted to see all of you joining us for the inaugural event of our director series for those of you who do not know me. i am christy coleman. i m the executive director here at jysf. and again, i m delighted to have those of you that are safely masked and distance in our audience here at the robin s theater at jamestown settlement as well as all of our guests that are joining us on zoom and to those who will be seeing this later for all of our guests on c-span american history that is joining us this evening as well. so what are we doing? right. what is all of this the purpose of this series quite simply is an opportunity for us to expand our mission which has been around for about 25 years. most folks know our mission simply as the jamestown yorktown foundation through its museums explores the convergence of cultures between native americans europeans and central west africans. but there s another part to our mission that is often left out and that is to a
Hoover book club where we bring hoover fellows and friends together to discuss their latest writings our guest today is amy ziegart. Shes the Morris Arnold and notaging cox senior fellow here at the Hoover Institution and professor of Political Science by courtesy at stanford university. Shes also a senior fellow at stanford stream of spoly institute for the National Studies chair of staffords Artificial Intelligence and International Security Steering Committee and a contributing writer at the atlantic but wait, theres more abc a guards also a book author her latest title being spies lives and algorithms the history and future of american intelligence. Amy great to see you and congratulations on the book great to see youtube bill. Thanks. Its always nice to your book rather than just be writing a book and that leads to my first question. I just listed countless things youre doing in and around the stanford world. How do you find time to write a book . Well because we couldnt get toget
Great to see youtube bill. Thanks. Its always nice to your book rather than just be writing a book and that leads to my first question. I just listed countless things youre doing in and around the stanford world. How do you find time to write a book . Well because we couldnt get together and we couldnt travel so i am moved all my books to my home office and hold up and thats how i was able to. Finish it took a lot of you know structured time away from the office to get it done and just a lot of discipline, i guess and just kind of keeping atticus. Its like i deal in collaborating but im writing and you know 800 word bursts here and there but a book is a is a different creature. Well, i cant do what you do. I im afraid of writing on deadline to be honest. So if i have a deadline that several years away i can get it done. But if its you know several hours away, thats another story stick to what you do. What you do is thoughtful youre not living in the moment. So well done. So lets talk a
Artificial intelligence and International Security Steering Committee and a contributing writer at the atlantic but wait, theres more abc a guards also a book author her latest title being spies lives and algorithms the history and future of american intelligence. Amy great to see you and congratulations on the book great to see youtube bill. Thanks. Its always nice to your book rather than just be writing a book and that leads to my first question. I just listed countless things youre doing in and around the stanford world. How do you find time to write a book . Well because we couldnt get together and we couldnt travel so i am moved all my books to my home office and hold up and thats how i was able to. Finish it took a lot of you know structured time away from the office to get it done and just a lot of discipline, i guess and just kind of keeping atticus. Its like i deal in collaborating but im writing and you know 800 word bursts here and there but a book is a is a different creat