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Good luck. Guest thank you. Next eric or nelson and andrew mcabee talk about the technical advancements taking over our lives and our economy and suggest ways to harness those advancements to benefit society. The conversatconversat ion is about one hour. Good evening. Welcome to todays meeting of the Commonwealth Club of california the place where you are in the know. You can find the Commonwealth Club on the internet at Common Wealth club. Org. I am Andrew Leonard from salon. Com your moderator for this evenings program. To my left is eric or nielsen and Andrew Mcafee who are business researc...

Astonished the world and made him such a world figure. He was well known while he was in prison, but when he came out of prison, there was a great question about what would happen. Would there be a terrible bloodbath, with they get through the passage to democracy with apartheid . It was because of Nelson Mandela and his character that they did. The world recognized a peacemaker, and he developed a moral stature in the world that helped him bring south africa into the world community, help them reintegrate into the world terrible it aow role in various hot spots the world. He was very close to...

Israel and the u. S. Were opposed. It could delay hopes for achieving an independent palestinian state through peace talks. U. S. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton said the vote was unfortunate and counterproductive. A landmark day in and often turbulent history. Jubilant palestinians to i heard there president demand what he said was their basic right to selfdetermination. The moment has arrived for the world to see clearly. Enough with the settlements and occupation we are here now. After days of diplomacy, the majority backed palestines bid to be recognized as a nation, but without full me...

There is a reason that they are called the business plan. I just came from a panel there and there were three other economists and they were pointing out some pretty good statistics. As you may know, the Median Income is the 50th percentile is lower now than it was in the 1990s. In the employment to population ratio has plummeted. Some of the members are little bit better recently, but it keeps people dropping out of the labor force and not new job and how can these two groups be a very different perspective with one right and one wrong end if you look deeper there are some impressive numbers ...

Hearts. You are here for what is known as dr. Kings unfulfilled dream, economic inequality and the working poor, and this discussion is sponsored by the good jobs nation. I have in front of me about 12 talking points that were handed me. They might cause your eyes to glaze over. I will try to humanize these talking points. One of them is we should not forget it years ago, march on washington was about jobs, just as much as it was about freedom and equality. Matter of fact, five of the 10 the original demands, and most people do not remember after doc dr. Kings iconic speech, which was not in t...