And many publications. And mikes coverage won an award for distinguished business reporting. He writes frequently about uber, facebook and other socalled giants for the times and appears often on cnbc bchl krch , and msnbc. The book signing will be in the back and appreciate if you keep the line along the wall to your far right. Enjoy reading, everybody. [applause] i thought there would be 20 people here. Yeah, its all friends, friends and and a fireside chat. A congressional hearing, be on your cspan behavior, all of us, especially mike. Yeah, im not going to curse tonight, i think. Im going to try not to. I was thinking and i think you were thinking you should probably start off with reading something. I dont know how many people here have actually read any part of the book, but i think it would be nice to, you know, have you read a part. Thank you, yeah. Thank you guys for coming, also, and especially those of you who are standing. Ive stood at many an event at this bookstore. By fr