Sums up all these various subjects through the exposition of information theory, which i think is the major scientific breakthrough of the century, the information theory, behind all our technologies, and i believe its best explained our economy. Host do you identify as an author or identify as a consultant or what . Guest im not a consultant. Although, clayton christian, the 27th most influential consultant. He used to be a partner of mine. So its but im chiefly a writer, but i also have been an investor, and im a venture capitalist, and im serious about that work, which has supported me as much as my books over the years. Host whats been your best seller . Guest my best seller was wealth and poverty which made me president reagans most quoted living author. What are some of the things you have invested in that have succeeded . Guest well, a company which is the leading Knowledge Network company, creates its a Software Program that connects you to consultants, and they signed up hundr
Please join us outside of either book and get inside. Thank you so much [applause]. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] it is their Nonfiction Author book you would like to see featured on book to be . Send us an email, book tv at cspan. Org. Tweet us apple tv. Or post a comment on our wall, facebook. Com book tv. George, how many books have you written. Guest 17, if if you count that is 18. Host what are the topics. Guest the topics have been politics, marriage and families,s tax, fcx, technology, microchips, life after television, the telecoms on, knowledge and power which i really think is a book of a few years ago that summed up all of these various subjects through the exposition of information clearing which i think is the major scientific breakthrough of the century. Behind all of our technology and i believe it is best explained in our economy. Host you identify as an author or what. Guest im i may be the 27th most influential but i am a writer but i also have been an investor.
Longterm. Unfortunately because of the shortterm thinking that reigned supreme in this question of sustainability hasnt really come up at all. As i said before for all the money the International Community is spending on the Afghan Government to build the judiciary, the parliament to build capacity worldwide money is also going to warlords and strongmen. The u. S. Taxpayer dollars are still going to warlords and strongmen around the country and thats bad in and of itself but its also bad because it ensures continued weakness of the Afghan Government. So adjusting that will be the other aspect of the thing that the u. S. Should do. The last question im left here. You spoke about growing your beard out in getting a motorcycle and going and actually meeting with the taliban warlord. Can you speak a little more about that and were you ever afraid for your life at any point . Well you know, in 2008 in 2009 it was different than it is today. At the time the taliban headache coherent command
Lets get the lawyers out of this. Lets go back to the any act women. A littleknown obscure story and computing. They recruit young women, mostly mostly math majors from small, midwestern colleges bring them all to pennsylvania and decide that they are going to be assigned the task of programming this computer. Why are they simultaneously so obscure and yet plays such an Important Role . Partly because this happened during the war. Originally done to calculate missile trajectories for artillery tables. As the war is ending in 46 they realize that it has to do other things. I wanted to no if this Hydrogen Bomb concept will actually work. And women are the ones who understand how to program it they get written out because the boys with their toys thought that they were in charge, and the day that they unveil eniac finally in 1946 it is valentines day. The New York Times is there all sorts of dignitaries and finally show off this new machine. Jean jennings nick francis and others do the pr
In his book the innovators. During this event held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View california mr. Isakson discusses his book with Computer History Museum president and ceo john hollar and then takes audience questions. And now for tonights program program, the history of computing is the ongoing story of how one of the greatest periods of creativity in Human History has been unleashed. It is he even sorts out the real story between the internet. Walter will take us on a journey starting with the distant figures but important figures of john babich. Please join me in welcoming walter isaacson. C thank you john. Its great to be back and this is an amazingly wonderful place. Its such an honor to be back here and you can even reveal my inner geek if you need to. C i think you are about to do that yourself. I grew up soldering ham radios. My dad was an electrical engineer and i love Circuit Boards so its good to get back and write about them. Is that how you originally got i