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Leave our phones behind. We live here in california. And so its an station might be to take it to the beach. We live here in california and so the temptation might be to take that phone to the beach but isnt that supposed to be a time away, a time apart, time to think, time to not be interrupted, time to wander. Theres a need for space in our lives, too i guess make room to be surprised by whats in front of us rather than this thing that is sort of telling us whats next. Host is setup to do . Guest oh its hard to separate ourselves from technology. I have an assignment in class where i asked t...

It is interesting. The software forces you to be positive and share something that deserves a thumbsup, a like. Host as a College Professor here at pepperdine, is technology interfering with teaching . Guest every teacher, i think, wrestles with what to do with technology in the classrooms. I mean, the students, if they are taking notes on their laptops they are also getting updates, that twitter feed, you know, so you are constantly competing for their attention. Even in an exam situation, the possibility of students, you know, accessing information via their cell phone underneath a desk is h...

It is not 20 years away. 510 years. Already being tested in california. The question is, if we are headed toward near zero marginal cost labor what does it say about the prediction . What do we do . How do we define the human journey . Our people employed in this collaborative, and, in a zero Marginal Cost Society . In the short run i think there is a silver lining. I think that we have a 30year and tear interim where we will have to a bill that the internet of things. That is going to be laborintensive. We have to convert our entire energy use from fossil fuel and nuclear to Renewable Energy....

To god. Host and you have a quotation from kevin kelly, we tend to see got it reflected in nature, but technology is the better mirror of god and next to that is a picture of jesus. [laughter] host with a laptop. Guest he has a whole world in his hands. Kevin kelly is such a fascinating character. He was one of the early editors of wired magazine. And he also comes from a position of faith. And so i think he has looked at technology and how we organize our lives, how engineers structure things as a way of may be talking about the ways in which god might be the original technologist. And when w...

Up next on booktv after words with guest host Siva Vaidhyanathan author of the globalization of everything. This week bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin and his latest book the zero cost society. In that the European Union advisor argues that capitalism is on its way out and Communications Energy and listed just ask internet will lead to its demise by increasing production and distribution and effectively eliminating corporate profits. The program is about an hour. Host hello. Jeremy rifkin is with me today. I am Siva Vaidhyanathan from the university of virginia and we are going to discuss his ...