Hello and welcome to tonights virtual Commonwealth Club program. My name is read and im a Technology Reporter with the Washington Post and im pleased to be the moderator for tonights program, the historical importance of the transformation brought on by Artificial Intelligence and virtual environment. As we have seen over the last three months with the covid19 pandemic and with social media with the killing of george floyd in minneapolis and the aftermath , technology and online environments that every aspects of our life here tonight i am pleased it to be joined by two Silicon Valley pioneers to discuss these issues. William davidow and Michael Malone, their new book, the autonomous revolution reclaiming the future of the machines is out now and delves deeply into the revolution we are living through regarding a i and virtual environment and it can be purchased everywhere including bn. Com. A bit about tonight speakers, bill david, the cofounder of the earlier in his career he worked
A little bit of a different take on it i noticed there had been a flurry of books on socialism. Thats no surprise because socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in the country theyve collapsed at the end of the 20th century suddenly they tried to take stock of its other unifying theme by and large is the idea that socialism has never worked certainly not for the lack of being tried was tried in the majority of the world. The largest countries in the world, russia, china, india so the issue is that socialism didnt work before and its not going to work now. The verdict of history kind of argument. But the problem is that a lot of young people dont know that history is a house and really ds them. The second part is we are trying a new form of socialism. Its not authoritarian socialism, its democratic socialism. It is scandinavia. Its right there you can see it and we have three types of socialism. Its not just about the racial grievances and gender grievances a
For the first time in our countrys history. I have been socialistic candidates in the past predict norman thomas. But they were never in the mainstream. But now, at a time when many of us thought that socialism had collapsed at the end of the 20th century. It is suddenly it is back. In his back with a vengeance. So a lot of books to take profits of this pretty so i think with these books and by and large, is it a pillow history the idea socialism has never worked before and certainly not for lack of being tried. He was tried really the majority of the world. Largest countries in the world russia and china india. Default one in a socialist direction. Dinesh dsouza so the issue is that the socialism did not were before so i wont work now. The verdict of history kind of hard use it for the problem with the argument is that the socialist, for small a lot of people dont know that history. So doesnt really get them. In the second part of it is even those who do, safe listen, work trying a ne
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Viktor orban an open ended extension to Emergency Powers in the battle against a pandemic but critics are calling it a power grab. Im sara kelly welcome to the program as more and more countries impose lockdowns because of the coronavirus india faces a bigger challenge than most its 1300000000 people have been ordered to say at home since last week but for the informal workers who form the backbone of the economy that means losing their income overnight leaving many without enough money for food and those hardest hit by the lockdown may now also be most at risk of catching the virus. A social distancing is a privilege that these people cannot afford all across india deliveries rushed to transportation hubs carrying whatever they could. The nationwide lockdown has put millions out of work and started a mass exodus from the cities. For these people who are leaving new delhi for their home towns the fear of starving is currently greater than the fear of infection with the coronavirus. If