At 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 2. Susan margaret omara, what will readers get in your new book, the code . Professor omara what they will get, is a biography of Silicon Valley itself, and the modern American Technology industry tself. The modern American Technology industry itself. There are many people and i have been studying this region for so long and this industry for so long and people always ask, what is the Silicon Valley secret . How do you build another one . I set out to answer those questions for them. Susan yours is the story of 75 years of Government Support and encouragement of the Tech Industry. I want to show you a clip of where we are today. This is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. In front of the senate panel. Lets watch. Car Companies Face a lot of competition. If they make a defective car, it can get into the world and people will buy another one. Is there an alternative to facebook in the private sector . Yes, senator. The average american uses
Questions for them. Susan yours is the story of 75 years of Government Support and encouragement of the tech industry. I want to show you a clip of where we are today. This is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. Lets watch. The Car Companies face a lot of competition. If they make a defective car, people will buy another one. Is there an alternative to facebook . Yes, senator. The average american uses eight different apps to connect with each other. We provide a number of services. Is twitter the same as what you do . It overlaps but i dont think it is the same. Do you think that you have a monopoly . It does not feel that way to me. Mr. Zuckerberg, could you share the name of the hotel you stayed in last night . Uh, no. [laughter] have you messaged anybody this week . Would you share the names of the people you messaged . I would not choose to do that here. This is about the rights to privacy, the limits of your rights to privacy and how much you give away in modern
Barnes and nobles outside this building and they will be available for signing. Christmas is coming so dont just think of yourself. Buy a book and maybe one for someone for christmas too. At the conclusion, we ask everyone to leave quickly so that the next event can be set up. There is a button under my desk that none of you can see where if your cell phone goes off, it will catapult you into a crocodile pit underneath your chair. The event today is organized around nonfiction which is an annual Nonfiction Book prize. Founded in 19 1999, and it has all the best stories that are true. Sports, biography, autobiography. Eight is my huge privilege to be the prizes director. The award is named for Bailey Gifford which is an Management Firm and i am usually grateful to them and to the organizers of the festival for making this event possible today. I am thrilled to welcome two of the most recent winning books, their brilliant and landmark books and its a great privilege to have them here tod
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