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Since trump became president the news cycle accelerated before anything we could have imagined. is the nations explainer in chief, the man who told us the world is flat and "new york times" columnist has his latest book in paper back. thank you for being late. an optimists guy to thriving in the age of accelerations. tom, i dont think that you set out to explain the rise of populism, but you did. you say that technology creates uncertainty, and donald trump clearly capitalized on that uncertaint...

Underlying our politics right now, and thats that we are in the middle of three accelerations of all-time, and the market, mother nature and moores law. the market is digital globation, and mother nature is climate change, and speed of technological change. what its doing is changing the educational requirement of everybody, and we could go to a four-year college and then its over, and thats over, and today you have to be a life-long learner, and you have to go back to school constantly, because...

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If there is a declaration of a national emergency, its not very clear to me yet what would happen with what is the support from the federal government that would then flow out. for you what on you do you think it could do for your company to help others? >> thank you. so a lot of this is through accelerations. i think that we have already been very grateful for the trumped a mshgs, president trump, to declare a state of national emergency. it means we can crack on, and develop our products beyon...

Moores law is technology. theyre all accelerating at a fast pace weve never experienced at the same time. brandy carlisle wrote a song which i think is really the song of our time called the eye, e-y-e. its mainframe is i wrapped your love around me like a chain but i never was afraid it would die. you can dance in a hurricane, but only if youre standing in the eye. my three accelerations are like a hurricane. i think president trump is selling a wall against the hurricane as are leaders elsewhe...

He only had a high school degree. what happened as a result of these accelerations is that the demands for every middle class job got pulled up. the thing that sustained the american middle class in the 60s, 70s and 80s, you could get high wages for middle skills, that got completely wiped out. theres a lot of people today who are feeling the effects of that. now you need a plan to succeed. as i explained in the book, you have to update it every four years. >> is it possible to harness, to chann...

One of my favorite quotes in the book, michael, is from a congressman from minnesota who talked about growing up in minnesota where i grew up in the 50s, 60s, 70s. he said if you were a white male growing up in minnesota, you needed a plan to fail. there was so much updraft of blue collar and white collar work. my uncle worked as a loan officer in a bank back then and he only had a high school degree. what happened as a result of these accelerations is that the demands for every middle class job...

Significance to you listening to brandy carlisle and talking about hurricanes? >> my book is about the world being reshaped by three giant accelerations in what i call the market, mother nature and law. the market is digital globalization. if you put it on a graph, mother nature is climate change and population. moors law is technology. theyre all accelerating at a fast pace weve never experienced at the same time. brandy carlisle wrote a song which i think is really the song of our time called ...

New questions this morning about the trumps campaigns contacts with russia. attorney general jeff sessions met twice with russias top diplomat. the same one that flynn did. this happened during the 2016 race while he was an adviser for donald trumps campaign. this matters because sessions denied having any contact during his senate confirmation. an author of thank you for being late. an optimists guide for thriving in the age of accelerations. thomas friedman. good to have you with us. now lets ...

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