The author of this book digital minimalism, choosing a focused life in a noisy world. Professor newport, what you mean by digital minimalism . A philosophy of technology ruse, a way to screen what tech you use and why you use it. The second half of your book is about additional declut digital declutter. Declutterhe word instead of detox where we take a break from the tech, before turning back to the. Behaviors letsutter is currently clean up our act and get into a sustainable state of affairs. Host in the introduction to your book, there is a footnote the fact to some that i cannot draw from a deep well of experience is a liability. How can you crimina criticize sl media view of never used it . Ive never had a social media account, which makes me just about the only one. I figure we have to have one person out there looking at these issues who is not him or herself deeply enmeshed in these forces in a personal way. Host so, when it comes to digital mentalism, you are not asking the peo
University of Chicago Institute of politics. It is one hour 10 minutes. Honored to welcome speechwriters who have inspired us. Terry edmonds served as assistant to the president and director of speechwriting for president bill clinton, overseeing production of domestic policy speeches. Over a career spanning 40 years he has written for nasa administrator Charles Bowden as well as top executives at ibm, columbia university, time warner, the list goes on. He is a graduate from Morgan State University and is adjunct professor at hofstra university. Our next panelist, sarah hurwitz, served in the white house from 200920 17, first as a speechwriter for president obama before becoming had speechwriter for first Lady Michelle obama. Previously she served as chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her 2008 president ial campaign. She is a graduate of Harvard College and harvard law school, and has an upcoming book about judaism coming out in september. And John Mcconnell served more than
Define those terms. Guest millennials were born between 1981 and 1996. We were thought to be the youngest generation out there, but generation z is now of voting age. You have 18, 19, 20 euros in that age range. Host every election cycle there is excitement about the potential for the youth vote. Every cycle without fail, the youth vote has the lowest turnout compared to other generations. 2018, it was 30 lower than the 60 plusyearolds. Do you have expectations that that pattern is going to change in 2020 . Guest yes. I would reframe 2018. We had the highest turnout in 25 years in 2018 midterms. Midterms, from 2014 which is nearly a 50 increase overall. When we take away from that is that there is great opportunity, 31 voted which means 69 didnt so there is huge and opportunity. The movement and advancement is hugely promising going into 2020. Host how do you get to the rates of 60 plusyearolds who are, the turnout rate was just under 70 for 60 plusyearolds. Will you ever get there wit
Dr. Biden hello, everybody. What a great crowd. Happy independence day. As many of you may know, the bidens are a military family. My father was a signal man and world war ii and our son beau served in iraq as a member of the Delaware National guard. I know you have a lot of military families here in iowa. How Many National guard are in here . How many military are in here today . [applause] dr. Biden today when we celebrate the birth of our country, i often think about the people who defend our liberty with their lives. It is not just those who served in the armed forces. It is their families as well. Even though they dont wear a uniform, they also serve. Today, i just got to tour the iowa veterans. [applause] the commandant and his team are really doing a great job creating a community that recognizes the personal specific needs of each veteran in the Veterans Home. I was grateful to i also met mark smith who joined me is he in the back . [applause] dr. Biden the commandant called th
This is an hour and 20 minutes. Today, the committee turns its focus to the export, import men come the United States. Kimberly reed was elected chairman along with judith prior. The nominations of the Board Members have been approved by this committee and are pending on the full senate floor. The United States exporters are able to compete very effectively in International Markets on the basis of price and quality. However, when aggressive foreign governments provide subsidies as a matter of policy or practice to their exporters, u. S. Exporters are placed at a competitive disadvantage purely because of such financing arrangements. ,ccording to the 2017 xm Bank Competitiveness report, chinese export credit agencies provided a more medium and longterm investment support than the rest of the world combined. As President Trump and other senior officials in his administration have noted, a fully functioning exportthanks the import bank has ability to provide financing and level the Playin