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good afternoon everyone. good afternoon. my name is michael barone and i m a resident fellow here. american enterprise institutent and its my pleasure today to welcome to aei professor cass sunstein. he s a robber wants a university professor at harvard law schoolp he formerly was professor of law and political science at the university of chicago for many years. he was the administrator of the office of information and regulatory affairs, may none as oira from 2009 to 2012 in the obama administration. he has written more than a dozen books and i m happy to say he has spoken a number of times at aei and we consider him a good friend of aei. he is here today to talk about his latest book, which is called #republic. i think a reader would not have pronounced the word that way 20 years ago but it s an important and interesting book, so please welcome cass sunstein to aei. [applause] okay, well it s a thrill to be back here. you all do amazing work and i have learned so ....
thompson, artistic director the public arts organization, author, editor, curator, and activist. about his brand new book called culture at weapon: the art of influence in everyday life. joining nato in conversation is christian viveros and-faune. join me in welcoming christian and nato. [applause] okay. hey, thank you. not exactly the best weather out there to come here. you know what happened? my train this is just a quick anecdote my train dish was on amtrak on my way here and there s no trains going right now. i was stuck on the train and then i was like, mo, hi god, i m going to miss my book talk, and i talked to two people next to mow who ran out and we got an uber i level live in philadelphia and i looked on the google mapped thing and it said estimate arrival, 7:00 p.m. exhibiter got here, holy shit. i have to get that off my chest. an for be here in this very comfy seat next to christian. i want to think the publishing company, my editor ryan and ma ....
max page, when was the national historic preservation act passed? of 1966.r 16 what was the purpose of the act? : nation oft was years of destruction of the culmination of years of destruction of national landmarks. it was the celebration of buildings and landscapes. did it applied to buildings? to,page: it did not have but it ended up focusing on our great works of architecture. it was associated with important parts of our history. has that evolved since to protect other areas of our heritage? mr. page: yes. that is one of the interesting things of the last 50 years. it has gone from being focused on things like where george slept too slips encompassing a much broader range of american history and cultures. that is one of the most exciting things that have gone on. there are now over 100,000 listings on the national register of historic places. that register was created by the national historic preservation act and exploded to worker housing and native ameri ....
did it applied to buildings? mr. page: it did not have to, but it ended up focusing on our great works of architecture. it was associated with important parts of our history. has that evolved since to protect other areas of our heritage? mr. page: yes. that is one of the interesting things of the last 50 years. it has gone from being focused on things like where george washington slips slept too encompassing a much broader range of american history and cultures. that is one of the most exciting things that have gone on. there are now over 100,000 listings on the national register of historic places. that register was created by the national historic preservation act and exploded to worker housing and native american sites and dance halls that were important to latinos in new york. there is a wide range of places. tell me about the support for this movement in 1966. what did it grow out of? was there a realization that finally, this young country had enough histo ....
with an answer, okay? which one is best, david? well, you re wrong. the stapler is not best. jack, which one is best? i like wrong again. it is the the right answer is the binder clip. the binder clip is in my opinion the best. all right? i will admit if i had a 100 page document to fasten, the bientder clip would be best, stapler is not going to do the job very well. on the other hand, if i want to fasten a receipt to a note, maybe i need the paper clip. in effect, i think i m coming around to osha s answer. depends on what we re talking about here. the rest are perhaps not obsolete. after all, the author is a cyclist, but no comparison to these things. i would guess if i have to reduce my claim to a thesis it s that, wrong, turns out each one of these things has its place and more, and you guys are coming up with more stuff all the time. electric bicycles, for example. or high bus rapid transit, which we have dedicated bus lanes for buses to go faster. a ....