[inaudible conversations] booktv is on twitter. Follow us to get publishing news, scheduling updates, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. Twitter. Com booktv. Pulitzer prizewinning science and Technology Reporter john markoff, whose work appears in the New York Times, talks about the current and future relationship between humans and robots. John markoff has been seeing around the corners of the future as one of the nations Top Technology writers since he joined the New York Times in 1988. In 2013 he won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting as part of a team of New York Times reporters. Hes a frequent host and moderator for our revolutionary series, and we love john for all of these reasons. But we have a special affection for john for other reasons as well. He is a child of Silicon Valley. He grew up and went to high school here. He started covering technology in Silicon Valley in 1976. His vivid book, what the doormouse said, illumin