Fires, shifting materials, Twisted Steel and water up to their waist at some points. Yeah, theyre searching for people in there. Theyre searching for mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, children. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath the debris. They are not confirming exactly what those sounds are. They said it is very possible the debris moving, metal, concrete, et cetera. But, with that news, Family Members are doing their best to hold on to hope. There is hope. Its just dwindling by the minute. There is a certain hope in the air but it is a very strange kind of a feeling. Ive rarely had this feeling except in the war zone. Were dealing day by day, theyre now finding more and more people and i hope and pray theyre found soon and everything is good. Those poor, poor people. Officials say that President Biden has been receiving updates on this. Hes expected to address the tragedy there later today at the white house. We dont know yet if he will then go on to v
Welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. Tonight is the seventh day of an eightday festival where we have presented over 100 programs and almost 300 authors. It has been a tremendous week of literary celebration as were very grateful to have his of the wilkerson and Michael Eric Dyson with us tonight. I would like to say one thing, show the love by purchasing their books in the link below. They are authors with books after all and going to turn over now to both of them to continue the conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you very kindly. Im honored to be here today with a woman who is among the 304 greatest writers in america, arguably the finest writer in america today. I am going to make that argument. So it is an extraordinary honor to be with you, ms. Isabel wilkerson, and to have this opportunity to chat with you. Theyre calling it a a conversation but im just going to fan boy out and as as a sayn the hood, ask you some questions. And see if we can stimulate the convers
Cofounder for the center for Humane Technology. Tim kendall, former director of monetization at facebook and former president of pinterest. Now ceo of moment. They join me for a virtual conversation on this edition of bloomberg studio 1. 0 along with safiya noble, an associate professor at ucla and author of a bestselling book on bias in technology, to talk about what the movie got right, wrong, and chart a path toward the social solution. Each of you has been a voice in the conversation around big techs unchecked power, and i am curious, when was the lightbulb moment for you . What was the moment that sparked your desire to speak out . Tristan i think the moment for me was when i was at google and it was about 2012, having studied at this lab at stanford called the Persuasive Technology lab, i saw more and more of my friends decisions were about building engagement and growth and less and less about a genuine, sincere intent, or how do we build technology that empowers people and does
Because most of. What i do use today has the future. Dot com to go see if. You. Could turn. The covert 19 pandemic has put the spotlight on virologists well right now but their star status has also made them the target of public anger even death threats. And people because of their lack of trust in authority would not want to take. Want to shut the country down anthony found she has gained a huge following but not everyone. Wants to listen dr saltz much of this in. Germany too has spawned its science superstars like. His podcast is one of the most popular in the country. Xander kick ali is a regular guest on german talk shows. With politicians over their bias response at the beginning of the crisis. But as social media memes feed the echo chamber are these new celebrities serving to further polarize scientific debate. Well different views are vital in the world of science asking questions is key at the end of the day people believe what they want to believe but should we trust science
Book the rules rule. Mr. Hastings is the ceo of netflix. What is it netflix and what do you do . A world leading Entertainment Service to produce and distribute amazing Television Series and movies we have been around 20 years and have 2 million families around the world that are members. Host is there a connection to the 1990 a company where you had 900 movie titles . There is a connection we started 22 years ago renting dvds in the United States competing with blockbuster. That was a whole decade competing with video stores and then 2007 we started screaming about the same time youtube did. Host how did you get involved in this project . I study cultural differences in the workplace and i first came across netflix culture it wears way at the beginning and like adequate performance. And that struck me because in my department we were focusing on Psychological Safety in the workplace so here is a company not focusing on that but people who did not perform adequately. No vacation policy