The first floor of the Convention Center here in washington, dc, is Thomas Friedman, thank you for being late. You did an hour presentation earlier. Almost like a ted talk. Guest is that good or bad . Host it was good but in case anyone didnt see it, in a nutshell, how do market forces, moores law and Mother Nature all come together . Guest well, the core theme of the book is were the world is not just changing, its being reshaped. And being reshaped by three simultaneous accelerations. What i call the market, Mother Nature and moores law. The market for me is in digital globalization. But everything is being digitized and globalized by facebook or amazon or pay pal. On a graph looks like a hockey stake. Mother nature is Climate Change and population growth in the developing world. Looks like a hockey stick, and moores laud says the speed and power of microchips will double every 24 months. Now closer to 30. On a graph looks like a hockey stick. Were in monday ol of the the hockey stic
Pat tens are do divine by prieseest priests and the priests are paid a lot of money for it. That is crazy. The truth is that people dont like taking responsibility for managing making their own Financial Decisions and so theyll always pay these priests, i think, just to get rid of the problem. A they cant get in their heads that not only is that person not an expert, theres no such thing as the expertise. They can get in anywhere head he was a bad expert, he lost my money. Chant get in their head they shouldnt be listening to anybody, and the damage that the intellectual work, the damage that can be done to wall street is minimal. Wall street is responding to psychological deep need and nothing to do with realism. You cant argue it away. So in short, i think the answer is, very little. Host where do you invest your money, just . In a mattress. Host if guest say you think wall street flows on bullshities not sag you dont think the American Economy is a incredible miracle, an engine of w
You are watching the tv on cspan2 with live coverage of the 17th annual National Book festival. , talk that was Michael Lewis you are listening to talk about his most recent book. By the way, mr. Lewis will be our guest on our indepth program on the first sunday in november, so you can catch him again their. Joining us before we continue other author presentations joining us onset of the first floor of the Convention Center in washington dc is Thomas Friedman with his most recent book. Thank you for being late, an optimist guide to thriving in the age of acceleration. Mr. Friedman, you did an hour presentation earlier, almost like a ted talk . Guest is that good or bad . Its good, but in case anyone did not see it, in a nutshell how do Market Forces and Mother Nature all come together . Guest the name of the book is that with the world is not changing, its being reshaped by three simultaneous acceleration in what i call the market, Mother Nature and more slot. Market is digital globali
The first floor of the Convention Center here in washington, dc, is Thomas Friedman, thank you for being late. You did an hour presentation earlier. Almost like a ted talk. Guest is that good or bad . Host it was good but in case anyone didnt see it, in a nutshell, how do market forces, moores law and Mother Nature all come together . Guest well, the core theme of the book is were the world is not just changing, its being reshaped. And being reshaped by three simultaneous accelerations. What i call the market, Mother Nature and moores law. The market for me is in digital globalization. But everything is being digitized and globalized by facebook or amazon or pay pal. On a graph looks like a hockey stake. Mother nature is Climate Change and population growth in the developing world. Looks like a hockey stick, and moores laud says the speed and power of microchips will double every 24 months. Now closer to 30. On a graph looks like a hockey stick. Were in monday ol of the the hockey stic
You can also post your thoughts on facebook and twitter. We are cspanwj. We look forward to your postings and tweets. You are not, if registered as a democrat but vote regularly as a democrat, that is the line to use or you. Same for republicans. We will get to your comments in a moment. Part of our conversation reflected in a poll in sundays Washington Post. Just messed up. We told you about the lead on that. Conductedthis poll, nine months into trumps tumultuous presidency reveals a starkly pessimistic view of u. S. Politics, widespread distrust of political leaders, and their ability to compromise and an erosion of pride in the way democracy works. We will focus on your thoughts on your Political Party and whether that represents your views. Wall street journal had an article about the democratic side of things to their headline democrats struggle with their own tea party moment. Janet hope writing that six democrats are challenging an incumbent publican in next years midterm electi