Hello. And a very warm welcome to National Book festival prevents the library of congress. My name is marie. Author and im also the literary director of the library of congress. Much of my own writing has been about the history and the people of latin america and the purpose of this conversation is to share a little bit of that history and talk about how it compares with and connects to the pandemic that were living through right now, right here in april 2020. So many of us are at home, or living at home and sheltering in place. As science takes on the covid19 virus. Unfortunate habit truly skilled and knowledgeable holly joining me today, a scholar who wears many hats spanning history, science, archaeology and geography. John hessler is the director of the kids like election at the library of congress and a specialist on early america. He is author of the book recently a final library of congress all collecting for a new world. John is also a distinguished curator in the librarys youn
Special science conversation and humanities seminar. I also welcome you this morning heartily from my cohost, brian boone and charles zimmerman. My name is vanessa summers, coordinator of the humanities, special Research Division set up to stimulate Critical Thinking at the intersection of science and the humanities and what better subject to bring science and humanity together. To discuss science and society to study the deeper relationship that people always had with trees through the ages, as meeting points, object of the light, places of peace and wellbeing. Everyone here, i am sure, will have their own favorite tree. Think about your favorite tree. What better place to speak of urban forests, famous as this place is for its unique 68 acres of forest, the oldgrowth forest that the last remnants of the 17thcentury woodlands that once blanketed this whole area, this region on the east. The same words where the indians hunted, some of the very trees standing. This is also the reason t
Do not track through developing some tools for consumers is very important so consumers can control the extent to which they are tracked online. Do not track is an issue that some folks have been dealing with very deeply. And have go oned some tools. Some of the browsers have developed tools. Some trade groups have developed tools. And some standard organizations are working on developing tools around tracking online. I would like to see more progress made there. And finally, you know, when comes to legislation here in the United States, all that ive been talking about thus far havent been in the legislative sphere. Its been more in term of developing best practice and providing better tools to consumers so they understand how the data is being collected and used for what purpose orth. We can use some more laws in the United States. Baseline privacy legislation would help. Dont need to worry about and would make clear to consumers you know what their rights are and what could happen to
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