The first word processer, the first smartphone, the first car, the first plane, it has this connotation of a breakthrough investigation thats in essence a quantum leap. And my book is about how we as a society need to be innovating more and how the really significant innovations that move the dial are these breakthrough zero to one companies. Host is Silicon Valley a zero to one, does that have a zero to one mindset . Guest theres, theres definitely Silicon Valley at this point is the center of innovation in the u. S. , and i would argue the center of innovation globally. Its, there are certainly a number of companies that have involved significant break throughs, i would say google, amazon, facebook are significant ones in recent years, apple with the iphone. Theres always a bias to make things very incremental. Successful companies in cig con valley are all Silicon Valley are all zero to one companies. Most Companies End up being much less valuable. The tenth solar panel company, tha
Minutes. Now ladies and gentlemen please rise for the National Anthem sung by diane from enzi oc. [applause] ladies and gentlemen please welcome citizenship chairman michael reiser. [applause] diane ty you should know is not only a talented performer and artist, she is also a very talented fundraiser and her connection to the National Conference on citizenship is working with our service year project. You may have heard the term the franklin project. Its all a line so we appreciate your efforts on our behalf and we appreciate you bringing her talents to our state once again. [applause] i am significantly less talented. [laughter] and coc is honored to partner with Users Conference with all of the eagles in the room please stand up . People from American University please stand up. [applause] yes. Thank you for being here. This is a fall break for aau and faculty and most of the administration is at a retreat. They are students and campus in a number have joined us and we appreciate the
Thanks for the lookahead. Tomorrow, the u. S. National intelligence chair will talk about changing National Security needs. The event is hosted by the Atlantic Council and live coverage begins at 5 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Next, a forum examines how to get citizens more involved in their communities. After that, discussion concerning crimereducing programs that offer alternative incarceration. Then, q a. Civic business and education leaders talk about activism and corporate responsibility. During the event, retired general Stanley Mcchrystal is recognized for his service and just how to get involved in the community. It is about two hours and 40 minutes. And now, ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the national anthem. By the say, can you see, dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous night watched ramparts we were so gallantly streaming red glare, the bombs bursting in air night and through t
We will talk about it on the phone. We go to arizona flagstaff, and believe me sometimes it gets pretty heated but we talk about the elections all over, even in kentucky. Got you. Thank you. I think there are a lot of political reforms that could potentially encourage more people to think about running for office. As far as term limits are concerned, we have elections every two years. If we could get more people to run for office, the elections could serve as term limits. But whats important and the argument we are trying to make in the book is that young people who are not that well versed about politics who dont necessarily know the specifics about different policies are still not at all interested in running for office thats because of a broader sense that it is not a way to get things done or to solve problems and not noble. So thats the challenge i think. It is not about specific changes to the system, which certainly couldnt hurt but it is about casting a wider net, letting young
Then we close out may at book expo america in new york city where the Publishing Industry show cases upcoming books. First week of june, live for the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Thats this spring on cspan2s book tv. Jennifer lawless is the coauthor of the book running from office, why Young Americans are turned off to politics. On washington journal we talked to her about involvement of young people in politics. This is 45 minutes. Our guest, coauthor of a book running from office why Young Americans are turned off to politics. Jennifer lawless joins us. Good morning. Good morning. Why is the turnoff happening . There are several reasons, but ultimately because politics are ugly, theres hyper partisanship stalemate young people want to go save communities think about every option rather than running for office. Is that because theyre not exposed to politics or theres not interest from them to get into politics . It is interesting. For a long time there was a sense Young Amer