He we go. So the topic today is my in the 22nd century, and you know im an engineer. Theres a phone on back to turn off the light or a computer or something. Thank you. When people talk about the future of the 22nd century on sort of like i go into a engineer mode and go well, what are you going to back cosmic rays when you fly to outer space and what he going to do about the time problem . Im kind of a wet blanket. But these three panelists are very wellqualified with actual facts to talk about the 22nd century and what we might anticipate. So our three speakers, going to induce an indie order adequately speak and the new get ten to 15 minutes and if they talk too long, i cut them off. So our first speaker is David Grinspoon whos in astrobiologist which is super cool. Its like you do, biology space. Very weird. So thats what he does. Our second speaker, Michelle Thaller is director of science for communications at nasa so shed is all about the Rocket Science program. And our third spe
[applause] good afternoon, everyone. Its a pleasure to be here with all of you. As our Spring Semester draws to a close and i wish to begin by expressing our deepest decision to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg were joining us here on campus today. Its an honor to welcome here to gaston all and to hear her reflections this afternoon. I also wish to express our gratitude to the honorable ronald chief judge for the us court of appeals for the Second Circuit and all his efforts to make this extraordinary symposium possible for our community. I look forward to sharing a few more words about the judge in just a moment. Id also like to think professor mary and professor wendy from our Georgetown Law Center who will join the justice in conversation today. Professor hartman and professor williams are for authorized biographers and coauthors of her recent book, my own words, published this past year. I wish to thank all of you being here for the special gathering. The bernstein symposium was created
No. Remember, we still have housing segregation. It was rigid and state enforced. So our communities were mixed communities, down the street. Where the kids with no shoes that our parents would make sure that what little we had were shared. No matter what your socioeconomic status was. And we were between two public parks. Two Public Housing units. And so, i guess when you were able to move out of the housing unit and my parents were pleased that we never had to live in a housing unit that we did live in a fourstory walkup. Before we moved to where we lived. And those who were able to get into the community were those who were able to get a plot of land and two were able to build a house. Even when that happened, you were still in an all Africanamerican Community with people who were not economically self sufficient and you had friends in the housing unit. So you understood and you interacted with them at school. You are all there together. And i think it made a difference, in terms of
No. Remember, we still have housing segregation. It was rigid and state enforced. So our communities were mixed communities, down the street. Where the kids with no shoes that our parents would make sure that what little we had were shared. No matter what your socioeconomic status was. And we were between two public parks. Two Public Housing units. And so, i guess when you were able to move out of the housing unit and my parents were pleased that we never had to live in a housing unit that we did live in a fourstory walkup. Before we moved to where we lived. And those who were able to get into the community were those who were able to get a plot of land and two were able to build a house. Even when that happened, you were still in an all Africanamerican Community with people who were not economically self sufficient and you had friends in the housing unit. So you understood and you interacted with them at school. You are all there together. And i think it made a difference, in terms of
Mean is a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is a dictatorship. And internationally today to understand that it has several requirements. First and most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Thats absolutely critical. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental rights of citizens including among others, the right to freedom of speech and freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded and the fourth is that the enforcement of laws is done by independent tribunals, by ajudd indicators who are capable and independent of the forces that be. And so with that background, i would like to begin by asking our commentators to talk a little bit before we turn to the immediate issues about their experiences and perspective on these issues drawing from some of their backgrounds. Eal is one of the nations leading advocates and argued cases