When we were writing the book, we really tried to find the first social scientist and policymakers that recognized that technology was doubling in performance and it was decades after the article. The social sciences were really reactive to the science and, you know, as a result, next slide, we are still playing catchup. So, you know, neil says anybody can make almost anything but right now 4 billion people are not connected, you cant have a digital fabrication if youre not digit le connected. Before we get to a fab divide which would hold on one second. Access is not binary, its not like you have it or you dont. One investors is Sesame Workshop and they do great job on inclusion and talk about continuation of access. Billions of people have a feature phone, thats all. Try rating a document, fabrication work flows on a future phone, so not even if you have access, you may have minimal access, cost is an issue so about 2 billion people have very limited access. So already most of the pl
Perspective. We will will talk about two things in the next little while. Where we go from here but also want to start with how this collaboration came to be. The posts in 60 minutes have worked together on Something Like this. In nearly a decade. So lets start with where the reporting story starts. How did you get the idea. We sit in result 18 months later. When did this start . The beginning of 2016 that a project launched on the National Desk post and the idea was to try to 20 people why so many people were dying w of opiate overdoses, taken in middle america, particularly middle class whites, and i had an editor who saidte to me i want u to explain how all these hundreds of millions of opioid pills get on the street. It doesnt make t sense to me wy we cant just keep them in the supply chain. And so i started reading up on it at the start calling around and, indeed, there been a lot of coverage of the manufacturers and the doctors and pharmacies but nothing on these wholesale distri
Dax is off by a half percentage point. The cac is off by 0. 4 the ftse relatively flat but still down finally look at crude oil prices crude was up by 2 yesterday in the market trading, but it dropped significantly after hours after there was a big increase in api crude inventories. That came as a surprise. This morning things are down by 13 cents heres some of the other big stories. Jury selection in the trial of Martin Shkreli will enter its third day today. Its not going well. Some potential jurors said they could not be fair to a man who gamed ed gained fame on raising drug prices over 5,000 . Shkreli himself has complicated matters by seeking public attention on his twitter account since charges were filed lashing out at critics and boasting of his wealth he even launched a Charity Auction for people who wanted to punch him in the face. He was banned from twitter in january for harassing a journalist shkrelis own lawyer said unfortunately the twitter history is horrific. This is a
Significant steps to forward, steps forward and combating the Opioid Epidemic in america. Today the subcommittee will examine important issue the scourge of synthetic drugs in the United States. Simply put synthetic drugs are a prime example of how criminals can stay one step ahead of Law Enforcement. Today parents have to worry not only about a childs exposure to Illegal Drugs but about synthetic drugs many of which are produced and marketed directly at children and young adults. Synthetic cannabinoids with names like spice k. Tour scooby snacks, and brightly packaging that make them attractive to teenager marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana cocaine and heroin. Does young people believe them to be safe legal alternatives. However they are been deadly. Thats because these drugs while designed to mimic the effects of certain Illegal Drugs often contain a panoply of additional chemicals which can cause increased heart. Psychosis and death. The professor who is widely cre
Declaring a judicial emergency. They dont have enough judges to do their work. The republicans are the only thing they know to do very well is to block things. We, the American People, know the need to do something about the judiciary. Republicans should do their official and the washington d. C. Police officer at this house judiciary subCommittee Hearing. The crime terrorism, security and investigation subcommittee will come to order. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on synthetic drugs and i will begin by recognizing myself for not putting statement. Last week the house took significant steps to forward, steps forward and combating the Opioid Epidemic in america. Today the subcommittee will examine important issue the scourge of synthetic drugs in the United States. Simply put synthetic drugs are a prime example of how criminals can stay one step ahead of Law Enforcement. Today parents have to worry not only about a childs exposure to Illegal Drugs but about synthetic drug