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Or for that matter, the marine corps? dylan evans is a founder of projection point and the author of "risk intelligence, how to live with uncertainty." we were talking before this broadly in anything we do, there is a planning period, there is a briefing period of who you're going to do it with, there is an execution period, and sometimes there's a debriefing, and sometimes there is before planning, mission analysis. what you're saying is, and really what we're saying in the oakland a's example or the army, they do a lot of mission analysis which helps them make better judgments later when the...

Want to know the truth. they don't want to be pate ro niz -- patronized by a doctor who thinks he knows it all. they want to say, doctor, what are the chances? and if he hem-haws around, that's not good. they want to know the truth. >> to use the example that peter was talking about, for risk intelligence so you can do a good job before you go with x prize or whatever else, you make better decisions. >> exactly. you'll take this information and weigh it in your mind, and you'll be able to say, i've got a pretty good idea whether it's likely or not. >> then if the experiment fails, you can say,...

Have tried to catelize this. >> dylan, we're living in a time where exponential technologies, robotics, computers, network systems, synthetic biology, all these things are tools that are empowering individuals to literally do what only governments and large corporations could do before. today an entrepreneur has the ability to touch in a positive way the lives of a billion people. it's never been that way before. they are more empowered than ever. the question is, if they have that kind of power, where do you point them? how do you incentivize? you get what you incentivize, so whether it's ope...

let's get to work! [ applause ] >> i know this is an election year. that's not lost on me. but at this make or break moment for america's middle class, we can't afford to have congress take five months off. you've got to keep working. you're not suddenly just sitting around not doing anything. you should expect the same thing from your representatives in washington. right? [ applause ] >> so there are a bunch of things that congress can do right now. let me tick a few off. at a time when our businesses have created more than 4 million new jobs, unfortunately, state and local governme...

450,000 jobs. that's been one of the biggest problems in our economy, is all the layoffs happening at the state and local level. cops, firefighters and teachers all being laid off. those folks provide vital services. they protect us, they're teaching our kids. congress should pass a bill, like i've asked them to do, to help states like nevada put americans, those americans who are doing outstanding service on the part of their communities, put those folks back on the job right now. that's something we can do. . number two. we know that the housing bubble burst. here in nevada, the co...