big game and so we have a few will: morning treats. pete: what s a dough doughnut? rachel: i don t know but they re good. will: look outrebounded how beay are. if you like doughnuts, that s the way to start your day. pete: i was in the green room with will, he was analyzing analytically each doughnut. will: where would you go, rachel? pete and i went in the same direction, sesame glazed here, whatever that is. pete: it s an interesting combo. rachel: i d go with the thing with the chocolate on top. i like chocolate. will: this? rachel: too much. will: yeah, too much. rachel: right here. will: that s where we went. this is interesting. this is too dry and i don t know what s going on with the red ones but it s the same thing with the blue. rachel: know what i know will: have you tried the blue? rachel: i think it ll go in my teeth. will: thinking ahead on this one. that s smart. rachel: my girls are upstairs in my office. rachel: it s really good. it s a dough doughnut bec
Twist my other ankle. Interesting. Tina, do not twist your other ankle just to keep this wackadoodle thing going. Its not wackadoodle now, excuse me, but ive got to check my battery level, stretch my joystick hand, and get dressed above the shoulders. Okay, okay, have fun. Be home by never mind. Youre in good hands, t. Now, which way is the door . Hey, slow down there, rpoodpoo. A Security Guard dont worry. This guys a pussycat. robotic voice hows it going, human Security Guard subordinate yuli . Im just popping out for a smoke break. No biggie. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I talked to the office. Theres no robot Security Guard supervisor. Youre a lying piece of sheet metal. gasps uhoh. Okay, i lied. Im not a robot Security Guard. Aha because i got laid off. They canceled the program. Did you see walle . No. Excellent. What im telling you isnt that story at all. Im a lonely robot thats outlived its job. Oh, no. The Company Wants to recycle me, turn me into a bunch of smaller, hotter robots. Maybe
With experience, but if you only hire people with experience, you never get new people with experience. What we try to do that launchcode was to break this and negotiated with companies to bring talent in a way that does not engage in the company. I can take any firm that needs programmers and i can give the new programmers in a way that does not decrease their overall productivity. Since we are in washington, we have to talk politics a bit. Guilty pleasure of mine. One of the things that is so interesting about you, in any president ial cycle or race small business, both sides agree on helping startups, business. Jim, you are the cofounder of square, which makes entrepreneurs everywhere. You talked about how you solved a problem in your hometown. Why dont you run for office . And im here to announce [laughter] i have never really thought about politics because i never needed it to solve a problem. I see bigger problems. When it looks like a solution maybe i will consider it, but right
[applause] our coverage of the Washington Ideas Forum continues with dean kamen. He discusses the state of American Education and efforts to get kids interested in science and engineering. You that hes interviewed by rebecca rosen. This is about 20 minutes. [applause] hello. How are you . Thank you for joining me here. Why dont we start by talking about what it is why you started. Let me start by what it isnt. It is not an education program. 25 years ago, as today, it is a topic that most serious people are concerned and passionate about. Parents, teachers, corporations, government. But the prevailing concern is we have an education crisis in this country. I think i am an inventor. Inventors look at the same problem everybody else looks at and see them differently. It is quite silly to imagine that america has an education crisis. We have more school at every level. We have more money spent on education than the rest of the world combined. It is not an education crisis. It is a culture
Something about cupcake cleanliness and truth in cupcakes from an ad mirable entrepreneurial warrior. Thank you. Thank you very much for coming. Thank you both. That was a discussion with the c. E. Of the Atlantic Aspen institute. He describes efforts to connect people to Technology Jobs and this is almost 20 minutes. [applause] i feel like i won the moderators lottery by getting to interview these two gentlemen who by themselves are phenomenal and together are the super power team. I told them washington is big on once you get past the egos to the staff level we all want to make our country better. These two gentlemen are doing it. Jim, tell us about the st. Louis experiment. We have the same Talent Shortage that is worldwide which is we dont have enough programmers. About a year ago i was invited to a group that wanted to teach a programming class and i said if you teach this its not going to work because students who graduate from this nontraditional class cant get hired because emp