Kevin ashton, he is the coiner of the term internet of things, and hes also the author of this book, how to fly a horse. Mr. Ashton, whats the, whats the background story on the title of that book . Guest it comes from a quotation from Wilbur Wright of the Wright Brothers who was explaining how the Wright Brothers were first to fly. And he dropped a piece of paper to his floor and said to his audience notice how the paper darts back and forth, this is the kind of horse we have to learn to ride if we are going to fly. Host and how does it tie into the theme and themes of your book . Guest well, yeah. The interesting thing is why did the Wright Brothers fly first, and what was the process they used, because they werent the first people to have the idea of building a flying machine, and they werent the first people to try. So why did they succeed where everybody else failed . And the answer is they understood the problem they were trying to solve much better than anybody else. And at the
Listen to cspan movies at 90. 1 fm at the washington area, cspan. Org, or download be cspan radio app. Recently, American History tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting at st. Louis, missouri. We spoke with professors and graduate students about research. This interview is 20 minutes. Alexa roberts, history of professor at penn state. And author of a misplaced massacre, struggling over the memory of sand creek. What was the massacre . Prof. Kelman november 1864, the third colorado regiment, federal soldiers, and part of the first colorado regiment attacked a peaceful encampment of arapahos. In southeasstern colorado. The native people were camped along the banks of small creeks, sand creek. And became one of the flashpoints in the plains indian wars, and also an important emblem of how the civil war played out in indian country. How many victims . That is somewhat disputed. Somewhere between 150, 225. What is not disputed is the overwhelming majority of People
To put in 400 million, 500 million . What did i say about it . I said, you tell him we had an old judge in texas one time, we called him old wild kelly robert. And he said when i talked to him one time i might have used the constitution. He said, whats the constitution between friends . And i say, tell wilbur that 400 million is not going to separate us friends when its for health, when its for sickness, because theres a theres a greater demand and i know it. And for this bill and my other program put together, i know that. They last longer. Mr. President , you will talk to mr. Gordon. They came to see me. And i, too, was concerned about the impact of the tax. We are worried about that. We minimized the concern they had initially. Weve revised our rates. Were in keeping with their views and i think theyre completely satisfied. All right. What they want me to do most of the spenders said that i was not putting enough money in the economy and id have to put 3 billion, 4 billion in to not
Of state as the situation indet. You can see that online at cspan. Org. And were with travis. Caller the iran deal is good. I fought in iraq, and i am tired saying the deal is bad, and lets do nothing and invade. Really, what do we do to iran . Air strikes . Travis, as a veteran, what do you think about veterans against the deal and other groups that say iran is supporting the terrorists groups and the groups that fought in iraq directly against our troops during the iraq war . Caller thats the same veterans. What do you think about us soviets . How do you think about us arming saudi arabia who cut off the heads of christians everyday . Its a concern of mine where i dont care, because i would rather have iran be monitored and tracked and we would let them have certain things but wont let have others, and i would rather us be in control and invade them and kill them and make another vacuum for isis to occupy. The alternative that anybody else can offer is pointless, and i think obama, e
The Creative Process and how that process takes work. Why did the right brothers fly first and what was the process they used . They were not the first people to have the idea of building a flying machine and they were not the first people to try. Why did they succeed where everybody else failed . The answer is, they understood the problem they were trying to solve much better than anybody else. At the end of the day, being creative is not about having ideas in the shower or aha moments or lightning bolts of inspiration, its about solving problems one step at a time. Ofunderstanding the problem a piece of paper which is a problem of balance was the key ght brothers starting on their course that ultimately led to their flying. Kevin nash and the communicators tonight on cspan two. Tonight, the National Urban League Conference discussing a range of issues including Police Brutality and the Voting Rights act. Benjamin crump also discussed Voter Suppression as well as the importance of vot