At the end of the 20th century Silicon Valley industry titans like steve jobs and bill gates made a promise that would forever alter how we perceive the world it spans the globe like a superhighway it is called internet and suddenly youre part of a new mash of people groups archives ideas the personal computer and the internet are sure to manage into the Information Age laying the groundwork for a moment to innovation at the dawn of the 21st century there would be a new revolution a new generation of young. Geniuses made a new promise beyond our wildest dreams. The idea is that we take all the worlds information and make a whole new small to everyone limitless information Artificial Intelligence machines that would know what we wanted and would tend to our every need the technology would be beyond our imagination its almost like magic yet the concept would be as simple as a single word search. This was the beginning of google and less than a decade later facebook they would make a new
A single word search. This was the beginning of google and less than a decade later facebook they would make a new promise to humanity what i think so interesting about google and facebook is they were founded at american universities at Stanford University you had 2 students larry page and sergey brin decide they wanted to create the ultimate Search Engine for the internet across the country you had in the case of Facebook Mark zuckerberg who was a student at harvard decided he wanted to create a social media platform basically to meet girls and to make friends and hence we got facebook you never think that you could build this company or anything like that right because i didnt just. Building stuff because we thought it was cool it was all about promise it was all about the shiny future it was all about the free flow of information but there was also a certain idealism behind it i think that a company like. We have the potential to make very big differences made big positive differen
Jon voight. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipient of the National Humanities medal. The Clairemont Institute, Teresa Lozano long, patrick j. Oconnell, James Patterson. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Trump. [ playing hail to the chief ] [ applause ] [ applause ] thank you very much. Please. The first lady and i would just like to welcome everyone to the white house, a special place, very, very special, no matter where you go in the world this is one of those places that you never forget. This afternoon it is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts and the National Humanities medal. Please join me in congratulating each of todays recipients when they really, and i mean triauly phenomenal achievement and congratulations to all. [ applause ] with us today are Vice President mike pence. Mike, thank you very much. Secretary steven mnuchin, secretary betsy devos, thank
At the end of the 20th century Silicon Valley industry titans like steve jobs and bill gates made a promise that would forever alter how we perceive the world it spans the globe like a superhighway it is called internet and you suddenly are part of a new mash of People Programs archives ideas the personal computer and the internet ushered humanity into the Information Age laying the groundwork for unlimited innovation at the dawn of the 21st century there would be a new revolution a new generation of young geniuses made a new promise beyond our wildest dreams. The idea that we take all the worlds information and make. Everyone limitless information Artificial Intelligence machines that would know what we wanted and would tend to our every need the technology would be beyond our imagine. Nations almost like magic yet the concept would be as simple as a single word search. This was the beginning of google and less than a decade later facebook they would make a new promise to humanity wha
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and misses trump. Yo[applause] pres. Trump we would like to welcome everyone to the white house. A special place. This is one of those places you never forget. It is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts and the National Humanities medal. Congratulatingin each of the participants in their phenomenal achievement. Congratulations to all. [applause] with us today are Vice President mike pence, secretary steven ,nuchin, secretary betsy devos the chairman of the joint chiefs. F staff did a very great shout job. That. Ad of isis is dead. Thank you very much please stand up. [applause] also with us as a friend of ours and the great congressman and a warrior in his own right, congressman phil roe. Thank you very much. Along with the chairman of the National Endowment for the arts and the chairman for the National Endowment of the humanities. Th