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The other side wants to exploit these frustrations. we have a plan to address them. we are building a bridge to the future and it is wide enough and strong enough for all americans to walk across. we can build a prosperous and inclusive future. thats the way to really bring our country forward and unite again and do it for the first time in an inclusive way where all americans can benefit from our prosperity. but it is not to coddle the terrorists or the people who would attack the capitol. it i...

Jane Austens concept of information (Not Claude Shannons) 12 Jul 2017; 1 Jun 2018; 7 Aug 2018; 29 Aug 2018; 4 Sep 2018 10 Mar 2015; 29 May 2015 (Added introduction);4 Jun 2015; 30 Apr 2013; 16 Dec 2013; 27 Dec 2013; 6 Aug 2014; This file is available in two forms CONTENTS Introduction: Shannon vs Austen Many scientists and engineers, including, surprisingly, some psychologists and neuroscientists, seem to think that what the word "information" and its equivalents in other languages refer to is...

And one of the things you wrote, you said sectarianism that has destroyed nation states in the middle east is now infecting us. comparing it essentially democrats versus republicans to sunni versus shia. thats a terrifying prospect. >> it is a terrifying prospect if you lived, as i have, through the lebanese civil war. but that is whats happening. you know, you hear people literally saying i wouldnt want my kids to marry one of them. and them theyre referring to is not someone of a different rac...

And them theyre referring to is not someone of a different race or religion, bad enough, but now its of a different party. in washington, you hear people say i hope none of them are going to be at the meeting or the dinner or the conference. and whats so terrifying about it is that, you know, its the doing we do together, anderson, that matters most. we have so many big heart challenges before us. infrastructure, taxes, education, health care. and these are big, hard problems and big, hard probl...

Lot. this is a serious issue. you hate to think of this in political terms. but when you go back to just a few minutes ago, when you played the responses of the presidential candidates, you heard a lot of them say theres nothing we can do because criminals dont follow the law. but by an extension of that logic, we should have no laws, like for murder, theft, assault, that doesnt make sense. we are a society of laws and we can fix problems. we can fix hard problems. as an organization, weve been ...