[glass breaks] [indistinct chatter] what do you want, honey . Oh, something flowery. [laughs] flowery. Ok, well, help me out here. Purple . [cell phone rings] , maybemaybe not purple. Uh come on, man. More of a mix of something. Um. Youre killing me here. Make up yo mind. Just back off, pal. Hotch what did i do . I wasnt talking to you. I guess roses. Are you on a date . No, uh, hold on hold on the roses, will you . And you didnt tell me . Tell you what . Im not on a date. Im just buying flowers. For who . Old college friend. Hotch, tell me something. Do roses say the wrong thing . What do you want to say . Welcome, hi, good to see you,sorry im so damn late. Uh, roses say more than that. Face it, buddy. You want some action, its the roses. Shes right. Do you have a Yellow Flower theyre like, um theyre little Yellow Flowers. They look like dandelions orike weeds, but they dont have a black spot, theyre sort of round and puffy. Button mums. Do you have those . Can i see what those look l
Its meaning, and ive always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it be averill hairman after world war ii and you have a create a new world ordinary like nato and the world bank and the Marshall Plan 0 steve jobs who says were now in a digital revolution, we have to make it personal. These are people who to use steve jobs words, were able to think different, think out of the box. I want to try to explore the creative mind and how it works. Host one of them themes themes in your book seems to be a connect to spirituality. Guest everybody believed they were part of something larger than themselves. I remember sitting with steve jobs and i asked him why did you do what you do . And he said, life is like a river. You get to pick things out of the river, really cool things people have done, they put before you in the river, great devices or great ideas, but after a while you realize its not how much you get to take out of the river its what you put back into the r
Off russia and china to create a triangular diplomacy where opening to china and a detente with russia as we pulled out of vietnam, preserves the United States influence and power in the world after a retreat from vietnam by doing this tray triangular balance with russia, china, and to me that was a Creative Leap that even the bright people the best and the brightest, the mcgeorge bundies hat not thought spoof that helped preserve ore influence in the world. Host the wise men, six friends and the world they made, Averill Herry man, georgetown ten net, dean acheson, robert love vet john mccloy. Were they the establishment . Guest they were. I wrote that book with a friend evan thomas, because i was knew at Time Magazine. I was covering Ronald Reagan these people handing out leaflets and evan, a friend of mine from college, he had come from a more prep school background. I said evan, whats this establishment thing . Then we decide to demystify is buy writing a book at six people who at t
Discipline like the arts and sciences, the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and Albert Einstein. We talk about innovations so often, its almost drained of its meaning, and ive always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it whether it be after world war ii when you have to create a whole new world order like the world bank and the Marshall Plan or steve jobs who says okay we are now in a digital revolution and have to make it personal. These are people who are able to think different and outofthebox. So i want to try to explore the creative mind and how it works. Host one of the themes in all of your her books seems to be the connection to spirituality. Everybody had written about the leaves believes whatever they did was part of something larger than themselves. I remember sitting with steve jobs at the end of his life and i asked him why did you do what you do, what was the meaning and he said life is like a river. You get to pick things out of
This is about an hour. [applause] good evening. Thank you for for the wonderful introduction. I have join facebook to see the picture of your dog. Aifl little bad. Its so nice to be here. Thank you for coming. Its such a treat. First of all, to be in philadelphia, franklins hometown to talk about james who visited here and didnt love it as much as she loved boston. To be here in a Public Library and celebrate the space and all it stand for. Thank you to the library. [applause] i am because i want to tell you the story of her life. We dont have that much time to do it. She lead a rich and fascinating life. Im going to try to give you a whirlwind tour of it. I have props. Thats how i teach. Sit back and listen to this tale i hope is unknown to you. In 1771 ben franklin sent his sister, jane, a pair of spectacles. She sent her 13 pairs with lenseses of every science from one to 13. And he sent to two intrux instructions conducting her own eye exam. You know, when youre at the optometrist