I think that that signs up his view of it. He writes about technology and culture. The guardian, the new republic, mit tech review and his work has been included in the science and nature writing. I cannot note that in his biohe also says in the early 1980s he was a founding number of the universally unnoticed group and i want to give you sense up behind the stage banter that we were having. These guys all know each other they say that he and neck have been disagreeing for more than a decade. And he also describes it as a walking bummer. [laughter] there is no pessimism in davids view. Antiis a bit more moderated and then we will hear the doom and gloom area and david, start us off, he is the author of enchanted objects. I want to show you an image of my living room. Its a couple of minutes and that will illustrate many of the products that i talked about in the book. Enchanted objects have the same functionality as before except for now they can talk. These are ordinary things and hav
Is the sixth annual boston book festival. Youre the expert or she will see Panel Discussions on how mayors can affect National Politics and it is an inside look of the Digital World and the study of the brain and human consciousness. We will start with a debate on the uses of Technology Today and in the future. My mic is on. Thats good. I am Sacha Pfeiffer from wbur and im pretty excited for this panel because you are going to hear very different views on what the future holds. So we have here and we have talked a lot about the right order in which to bring our speakers up and we have decided you should probably hear from the optimists first about the future and then we will go to the pessimists. So the most optimistic person we have here is david rose sitting in the center. He has written a book called enchanted objects and next to me is our pessimist nick carr and andy mcafee or other optimists. Andy and david are colleagues at m. I. T. David and the metal, his whole work is basicall
And im stephanie ruhle. We have to begin with our top story the past three days it has been the same. Special forces have cornered the 2 suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Reportedly they have told police they want to die as martyrs. In eastern paris there is been a shooting at a kosher supermarket. Reports suggest that he is demanding freedom for the suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre. There is a connection between these 2 events. Caerleon, lets begin with you. What is the latest . The latest we are seeing here 2 kilometers from the site where the kouachi brothers are still there. There is a high school and a secondary school. The parents the Police Taking the bus to another at the moment the police does not want where the kids are going. Obviously, theyre been very conflicting reports about what is happening on the ground. I think that is from the police to avoid any media frenzy and any reporting developing. Hans, give us an update where you are. There is a widening sense o
Ten year right around 1. 9. China trade was amiss and uk inflation at a 14 year low. Stocks pointing higher as earnings begin to roll out. Different story for oil fall to go merely a six year low as opec says it will not change its drought put strategy. And speaking of earning, alcoa did top expectations. What the ceo has to say about their Fourth Quarter results. Plus why Credit Suisse thinks iphone sales could drift stock to 130. But stocks look to end a two session losing streak. Oil back down below 45. Oil minister defending opecs decision into the tonot to reduce output. Brent around 45 as well. It was said its not about whether the price hike will come, its about more the timing. All i can tell you is that other countries and other continents are starting to react positively. Getting better feel from china. Europe were hearing Better Things because of the oil tee decline. India were starting to get a good read. The calvary is beginning to come from this low oil whereas we have ob
Welcome. As you all know, a campaign has a long job interview. We will be approaching this debate as an interview. We have selected a series of questions dealing with the most salient issues of our time and we will hear where the candidates stand. Is going to be that each candidate will have two minuss for a remark, two two minutes for a closing statement. All of the questions in mind section of the process were selected by me alone. We will take some questions from the students in the audience. We have ushers walking through now reading paper. We asked students write their name in the year they are here at osu. Is that willn it review those questions and bring me the top three. With that, lets start with our opening statement. Based on the coin toss, the state senator Connie Johnson will be going last. Start withord will your opening statements. Thank you. It is my honor to be here. The folks that are here in this room. It is a privilege to be here. We carry a responsibility to our st