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At the tmp and everybody here at busboys, welcome. Thank you for coming. We are very fortunate this evening to have with us eric lou to talk about his new book youre more powerful than you think. A citizens guide to making change happen. What a timely work. In the wake of last novembers election, my staff and i the bookstore have been approached many times by customers concerned about the course of events have taken and wanting to know what they can read to help them decide how to get more involved in civic life and effect change. Well, erics book is now a good place to start. He began writing...

And by characteristics to your pbs contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. Thank you. The immigrant experience continues to define this nation, prompting us you to examine again and again what it means to be an american. Eric liu, author of several texts on the Asian American experience has written a tone, a chinamans chance one familys journey into the American Dream, talking about the conflicts inneernt a you inherent in a you do youal cultural upbringing. I want to read a passage that i think is poignant and at the epicenter of our conversation tonight about what this text is...

And by characteristics to your pbs contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. Thank you. The immigrant experience continues to define this nation, prompting us you to examine again and again what it means to be an american. Eric liu, author of several texts on the Asian American experience has written a tone, a chinamans chance one familys journey into the American Dream, talking about the conflicts inneernt a you inherent in a you do youal cultural upbringing. I want to read a passage that i think is poignant and at the epicenter of our conversation tonight about what this text is...

Unlocking the power of possibility. The latest book is entitled a china mans chance, one familys journey in the chinese american dream. Please join me in welcoming eric lewis. The question begs to be answered, why the title . Have in this conversation, gathering dust together today. I am really excited to talk, and this title in particular, the phrase a chinamans chance by think many people know the phrase that has fallen into most to pub of this review and out of use. It is slower, and in essence, and a phrase that has its origin really from the earliest days when chinese immigrants first beg...

The first word processer, the first smartphone, the first car, the first plane, it has this connotation of a breakthrough investigation thats in essence a quantum leap. And my book is about how we as a society need to be innovating more and how the really significant innovations that move the dial are these breakthrough zero to one companies. Host is Silicon Valley a zero to one, does that have a zero to one mindset . Guest theres, theres definitely Silicon Valley at this point is the center of innovation in the u. S. , and i would argue the center of innovation globally. Its, there are certai...