Hi deborah. Hi kathy its nice to meet you. I enjoyed your book. Thank you. Lets start this interview talking about you but also like the audience to hear the story which honestly frankly is in your introduction. You got a note from a professor he would never be a political scientist. Can you say more about that . [laughter] when i was in college i struggled with what i wanted to major in and i was torn between science and humanities or social sciences. I finally decided on social science with First Political science course we will read all of the philosophers and they all ask the question what is justice and how can you organize government and society to make life better for people particular lead to make justice . I decided to may become a Political Science major i he had a lack of confidence in my skills as a social scientist because i didnt get very good grades in those courses i got good grades in my science and math courses so it was a dilemma so i took this Political Science cour
Put that in the book because when i was in college i struggled with what i wanted to major in. And i was really torn between going into science and going into humanities of social scientists. And i finally decided on social science because i found those questions much more interesting and engaging and urgent for me. My First Political science course we read all of the great political philosophers from plato on up. And they were all asking the question, what is justice, what is good government, how can you organize government and organize society to make life better for people. In particularly to make justice. So i ended up, before i ended up deciding to be a Political Science major took this course. I took a had a lack of confidence in my school as a humanist or a social scientist because i did not get very good grades in those courses. But i got really good grades in my science and math courses. So it was kind of a dilemma. I took this Political Science class and i dont remember what
Impacts the future of Artificial Intelligence. Hi deborah. Hello, so nice to meet you. I enjoyed your book. Thank you. I would like to start this interview by talking a little bit about you, i would like to know more about you but i would like the audience to hear the story which honestly frankly really offended me which is in your introduction, you got a note from a professor claiming that you would never be a political scientist, can you say a little bit about that. I put that in the book because when i was in college i struggled with what i wanted to major in, like most kids do in college and i was torn between going into science and going into humanities, social science and i finally decided on social science because i find those questions much more interesting and engaging and urgent in my First Political science course we read all the great political philosophers from plato on out and they were all asking the question what is justice, good government, how can you organize governm
Professor explaining why when i was in college, what i wanted to major in like most kids do and i was torn between going into science and going into the humanities. I found those questions more interesting, engaging, and urgent. My First Political science course, we read the great political philosophers from plato on up. They were all asking the question, what is justice, what is good government, how can you organize government and society to make life better for people, to make justice . So before i decided to become a Political Science major, i already have lack of confidence, and social scientists, and i got good grades in science and math courses. I took a Political Science course and didnt remember the paper, you never remember is that stuff. You remember the nasty comments. This is a credible effort but never be a political scientist. I remember myself, a similar dilemma, slightly different reaction, one of the things i realized in middle school, talking about manifest destiny, i
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