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
Quorum call mr. Casey mr. Pres mr. Carper mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that i speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Casey the republican bill, and im referring to the House Republican bill that the senate now is considering in addition to other ideas is in my judgment not really a tax not really a Health Care Bill but a tax cut bill. Its a tax cut bill for the super rich, not only the rich but the wealthiest, literally the wealthiest few americans while increasing costs for middleclass families. It gives states the options forker for allowing you states to discriminate again like they did before the a. C. A. Was passed. And also would allow those same policies to devastate our hospitals, particularly those in rural communities. I live in a state where 48 out of 67 counties are in fact rural counties. The republican bill would rip away health care according to the Congressional Budget Office, would rip away health care from 23 million a
Quorum call mr. Casey mr. Pres mr. Carper mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that i speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Casey the republican bill, and im referring to the House Republican bill that the senate now is considering in addition to other ideas is in my judgment not really a tax not really a Health Care Bill but a tax cut bill. Its a tax cut bill for the super rich, not only the rich but the wealthiest, literally the wealthiest few americans while increasing costs for middleclass families. It gives states the options forker for allowing you states to discriminate again like they did before the a. C. A. Was passed. And also would allow those same policies to devastate our hospitals, particularly those in rural communities. I live in a state where 48 out of 67 counties are in fact rural counties. The republican bill would rip away health care according to the Congressional Budget Office, would rip away health care from 23 million a
Quorum call mr. Casey mr. Pres mr. Carper mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that i speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Casey the republican bill, and im referring to the House Republican bill that the senate now is considering in addition to other ideas is in my judgment not really a tax not really a Health Care Bill but a tax cut bill. Its a tax cut bill for the super rich, not only the rich but the wealthiest, literally the wealthiest few americans while increasing costs for middleclass families. It gives states the options forker for allowing you states to discriminate again like they did before the a. C. A. Was passed. And also would allow those same policies to devastate our hospitals, particularly those in rural communities. I live in a state where 48 out of 67 counties are in fact rural counties. The republican bill would rip away health care according to the Congressional Budget Office, would rip away health care from 23 million a
Quorum call mr. Casey mr. Pres mr. Carper mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that i speak as if in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Casey the republican bill, and im referring to the House Republican bill that the senate now is considering in addition to other ideas is in my judgment not really a tax not really a Health Care Bill but a tax cut bill. Its a tax cut bill for the super rich, not only the rich but the wealthiest, literally the wealthiest few americans while increasing costs for middleclass families. It gives states the options forker for allowing you states to discriminate again like they did before the a. C. A. Was passed. And also would allow those same policies to devastate our hospitals, particularly those in rural communities. I live in a state where 48 out of 67 counties are in fact rural counties. The republican bill would rip away health care according to the Congressional Budget Office, would rip away health care from 23 million a