we are live with arthur and harvard university professor jill lepore who will be a guest on our monthly call in program "in depth," she will discuss lesser-known stories from american history going back to the founding of the country. also this weekend political satirist and journalist pj o'rourke talks about his most recent collection of essays on american history, economics and culture. on our offer interview program "after words," foxbusiness news host lou dobbs offers thoughts on donald trump's agenda, find a full television schedule, booktv.org. now we kick off the weekend with james copeland who argues america is over and by non-elected agency officials. >> we know we are preparing to vote in a huge election. we will be electing all sorts of -- congress, state legislators etc. a fascinating new book written by our guests today looks at the unelected, the title of jim copeland's book is the unelected, how an unaccountable elite is governing america. ..

. >> live 2-hour conversation with harvard university professor jill lapore whose most recent book is if then. other titles the secret history of wonder woman, these truths, a history of the united states and the book of ages. watch in-depth with jill lapore on c-span news. >> former national security council official and that the review process was, quote, dear for political appointees, the justice department refuted the claims and the american library association released their list of the 100 most banned and challenged books over the past decade. the list is topped by novel is absolute dairy of part time indian and harper lee to kill a mocking bird. mark twains, the adventures of chuckle -- huckle berry finn. also in the news npd book scan reports print book sales increased 16 for the weekending september 19th, adult nonfiction sales rose to 15% and led by bob woodward's back on president trump. the national portrait gally generated portraits of women writers, tammy morrison, joyce to name just a few. the exhibit is her story, century of women writers and will be on display until j

it's a special honor to host michael porter, university professors at harvard university, we met a long time ago when i was a student in his industry and competitive analysis and harvard business school, not long after publication of the foundational book on competitive strategy. not only has it been collaborative defensively but i've worked deeply and widely with the framework in my own work over the years. this is part and stuttered bar strategy course which is popular in all programs. welcome to catherine and mike. >> they've just written a book called politics industry, political innovation can break partisan gridlock and save our democracy which was published earlier this week by harvard it is review press, congratulations on that. many of you watching this live stream have prepaid for your copy when you register, your copies will ship tomorrow. i wanted to ask an opening question, i'm wondering how the project got started. but the idea of using the framework to understand politics industry come from? >> thank you. it is interesting, the idea came along before the idea to gethseman

joining us from ashford, connecticut, is martin kulldorff, a professor of medicine at harvard university. ofof the three lead signers of e one great barrington declaration. he is a biostatistician, and epidemiologist with expertise in detecting and monitoring infectious disease outbreaks and vaccine safety evaluations. and joining us from boston is dr. abraar karan, an intererl medidicine doctor at t t brigham and women's hospital a and at harvard medical school. he has worked on the covid-19 public health response in massachusetts since february, as well as directly cared for covid-19 patients. we welcome you both to democracy now! the upsidekulldorff, is very controversial letter, what is being called the great barrington declaration. can you explain what it i is and why y you support what is called herd immunity? >> > thank you so much f for hag me on the showow. lockdown and the response that we've done in the world for the pandemic is the worst assault on the working class in half a century. thateature of c covid-19 is whilile anybodody can be infnfe, there'e's a huge difference in

. >> reporter: both boys have eyes set on harvard university next year. a friendship hard-wired to a good cause. katie beck, nbc news, bowling green, virginia >> making a big difference in a lot of folks' lives that's great that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. ♪ ♪ come up to meet you, ♪ tell you i'm sorry ♪ you don't know ♪ how lovely you are ♪ i had to find you, ♪ tell you i need you ♪ tell you i set you apart ♪ nobody said it was easy ♪ oh, it's such a shame for us to part ♪ ♪ nobody said it was easy ♪ no one ever said it would be so hard ♪ ♪ i'm going back to the start ♪ ah-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

i began doing the research when i got a fellowship at harvard university. i was a nieman fellow at harvard. at harvard at the time there was not a single professor of labor history. at this point now, there is only one major newspaper that employs a full-time labor reporter. that's "the new york times, " and it is steven greenhouse. and he has a lonely job. now, many people advocate heartily for free trade today, but there aren't a lot of people speaking up for the defense of the working people in america. and in fact, that is what frances perkins devoted her life to doing. is to talking about the problems of working people and try to find ways to solve those problems, ways that could also keep americans businesses strong and prosperous. now, if frances perkins were standing here today i can almost assuredly tell you what you think she would be talking about? she would be talking about jobs today. should be talking about how to generate jobs and how to bring good paying jobs back to america. she would be talking about smart employers who are finding ways to

previously the director of harvard university's global health institute. we welcome you back to democracy now! i was wondering if you could talk about the significance of what he was not telling the truth about, , dr. seanan conle? >> good morning. thank you for having me. a lot of information thahat can frfrom dr. conley over this weweekend was c confusing and ii think in general, he made things much worse than making them better. the evasiveness arouound information saturday wasas a disasterer at the press conference. yestererday was aa bit better, t it was not that muchch better.r. at this point, most people e think in this country are confused about the president's medical conondition bececause of both inconsistency and evasiveness in a sense that we're just not getting the f ful picture at all. amy: so what about dr. conley, the personal physician f for president trump, saying he was just trying to be upbeat so did not want to tell the truth about getting oxygen? and what it means to get oxygen? why this is so significant? and go back to thursday nigh

i began doing the research when i got a fellowship at harvard university. i was a nieman fellow at harvard. at harvard at that time there was not a single professor of labor history. at this point now there's only one major newspaper that employs a full-time labor reporter. that's "the new york times," and it's steven greenhouse, and he has a lonely job. now, many people advocate hardily for free trade today but there aren't a lot of people speaking up for the events of the working people in america. frances perkins devoted her life to talking about the problems of working people and trying to find ways to solve those problems, ways that could also keep america's businesses strong and prosperous. now, if frances perkins were standing here today, i can almost assuredly tell you, what do we think she would be talking about? she would be talking about jobs today, how to generate jobs and how to bring good-paying jobs back to america. she would be talking about smart employers who are finding ways to grow their workforces, economic policies that bring good-payi

. >> reporter: both boys have eyes set on harvard university next year. a friendship hard-wired to a good cause. katie beck, nbc news, bowling green, virginia >> making a big difference in a lot of folks' lives that's great that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >>> rite now at 6:00. a clash in the streets. >> protesters pepper spray and a plann planned parenthood clinic. >> 24 hours from potential pg&e shut offs. the bay area that could be in the dark. >> fire danger will be the highest. details on the wind and heat. coming up. >> not taking any chances. >> i would prefer to hand it to somebody. but this is as good as it gets. >> the fear among voters and the steps the secretary of state says you can take to make sure your vote counts in this election. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. the keyword tonight for a lot of people in al immediate and santa clara is frustrating. the big decision today to move both the counties into the coronavirus orange tier. i

university, and i was a neiman fellow at harvard and in harvard at that time there was not a single professor of labor history. at this point now there's only one major newspaper that employs a full-time labor reporter. that's "the new york times" and it's stephen greenhouse and it has a lonely job. now many people advocate heartily for free trade today, but there aren't a lot of people speaking up for the offense of the working people in america, and in pacfact, that's what fras perkins devoted her life to do, and devoting her life to the life of working people and trying to solve those problems and ways that could keep america's businesses strong and prosperous. if francis perkins were standing here today i can almost assuredly tell you, what do you think she'd be talking about? she'd be talking about jobs today. she'd be talking about how to generate jobs and how to bring good-paying jobs back to america. she'd be talking about smart employers who are finding ways to grow their workforces, economic policies that bring good-paying jobs to america, and she'd be talking about ways t

university has a ph d. in just the studies and as a professor of criminal justice at california state university dr coyle says the prison not only increases criminal behavior it has a deleterious effect on society as a whole what happens to a family when the wage earner is removed from society and thrown into prison for 10 years. what happens to those children our very empowered one of their chances of success of life start to go down what will how does that impact the community loss of resources in our community more demands in the community now to help to help this family maybe the other parent maybe the children it's just so clearly a failure by every measure that you look at it but i think we just need to rethink the whole thing and not just keep trying to put lipstick on this bag because that's what don't i think it is difficult for people to imagine a world without prisons now we've become so accustomed to the idea of prisons that it's hard for people to imagine well what do you do with people if you

university has a ph d. in just the studies and as a professor of criminal justice at california state university dr coyle says the prison not only increases criminal behavior it has a deleterious effect on society as a whole what happens to a family when the wage earner is removed from society and thrown into prison for 10 years. what happens to those power of a impact one of their chances of success of life start to go down what will how does that impact the community loss of resources in our community more demands in the community now to help to help this family maybe the other parent maybe the children it's just so clearly a failure by every measure that you look at it and i think we just need to rethink the whole thing and not just keep trying to put lipstick on this pig because that's what i think it is difficult for people to imagine a world without prisons now we've become so accustomed to the idea of prisons that it's hard for people to imagine well what do you do with people if you don't put them i

university has a ph d. in just the studies and as a professor of criminal justice at california state university dr coyle says the prison not only increases criminal behavior it has a deleterious effect on society as a whole what happens to a family when the wage earner is removed from society and thrown into prison for 10 years. what happens to those power of am proud to wear their chances of success in life start to go down what will how does that impact the community loss of resources in our community more demands in the community now to help to help this family maybe the other parent maybe the children it's so clearly a failure by every measure that you look at it but i think we just need to rethink the whole thing and not just keep trying to put lipstick on this pig because that's what i think it is difficult for people to imagine a world without prisons now we've become so accustomed to the idea of prisons that it's hard for people to imagine well what do you do with people if you don't put them in fr

university has a ph d. in just the studies and as a professor of criminal justice at california state university dr coyle says the prison not only increases criminal behavior it has a deleterious effect on society as a whole what happens to a family when the wage earner is removed from society and thrown into prison for 10 years. what happens to those power of am proud to wear their chances of success in life start to go down what will how does that impact the community loss of resources in our community more demands in the community now to help to help this family maybe the other parent maybe the children it's just so clearly a failure by every measure that you look at it but i think we just need to rethink the whole thing and not just keep trying to put lipstick on this pig because that's what i think it is difficult for people to imagine a world without prisons now we've become so accustomed to the idea of prisons that it's hard for people to imagine well what do you do with people if you don't put them

university has a ph d. in just the studies and as a professor of criminal justice at california state university dr coyle says the prison not only increases criminal behavior has a deleterious effect on society as a whole what happens to a family when the wage earner is removed from society and thrown into prison for 10 years. what happens to those hour of am proud to wear their chances of success in life start to go down what will how does that impact the community loss of resources in our community more demands in the community now to help to help this family maybe the other parent maybe the children it says so clearly a failure by every measure that you look at it but i think we just need to rethink the whole thing and not just keep trying to put lipstick on this pig because that's what i think it is difficult for people to imagine a world without prisons now we've become so accustomed to the idea of prisons that it's hard for people to imagine well what do you do with people if you don't put them in fro

university as a ph d. in just the studies and as a professor of criminal justice at california state university dr coyle says that prison not only increases criminal behavior but as a deleterious effect on society as a whole what happens to a family when the wage earner is removed from society and thrown into prison for 10 years. what happens to those children our very empowered one of their chances of success of life start to go down what will how does that impact the community loss of resources in our community more demands in the community now to help to help this family maybe the other parent maybe the children it's just so clearly a failure by every measure that you look at it but i think we just need to rethink the whole thing and not just keep trying to put lipstick on this bag because that's what don't i think it is difficult for people to imagine a world without prisons now we've become so accustomed to the idea of prisons that it's hard for people to imagine well what do you do with people if you

university a professor an epidemiologist from oxford university and a professor from stanford university medical school calls for an end to all current lock downs especially for people who are deemed a low risk of death an infection from covert $191.00 section it reads as immunity builds in the population the risk of infection to all including the vulnerable falls we know that all populations will eventually return immunity the petition states our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity joining us now to discuss. swan and jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic research element thank you for being here ben obviously this declaration is extremely controversial but isn't a covert vaccine supposed to get us to herd immunity. yes it is yes to both of them it's controversial and a vaccine is supposed to give us the herd immunity but it's not the only way to herd immunity unless of course you only listen to big pharma big pharma will tell you that before vaccines i guess there was no such thing as herd immunity and yet now we kn

university a professor an epidemiologist from oxford university and a professor from stanford university medical school calls for an end to all current lock downs especially for people who are deemed a low risk of death an infection from cope at $191.00 section it reads as immunity builds in the population the risk of infection to all including the vulnerable falls we know that all populations will eventually return immunity the petition states our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity joining us now to discuss. swan and jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic research element thank you for being here ben obviously this declaration is extremely controversial but isn't a covert vaccine supposed to get us to herd immunity. yes it is yes to both of them it's controversial and a vaccine is supposed to give us the herd immunity but it's not the only way to herd immunity unless of course you only listen to big pharma big pharma will tell you that before vaccines i guess there was no such thing as herd immunity and yet now we k

kennedy who didn't have great grades it is said was accepted to harvard university because his grandfather attended the school so we are very concerned that this could set a precedent and actually reduce diversity but what we're really afraid of is that this continues this trope that somehow white people in the united states are being discriminated against more than people of color and that's something that is simply not true and we have to get to the bottom of if we really are going to become a post racial nation seems that agent is a single doubt that if the minority group west affected by affirmative action do you think it's fat hardworking asian students to be excluded from top universities due to these rules. absolutely not i stand in solidarity with asian people asian students who worked extremely extremely hard i think that that should absolutely be looked into that should be investigated no one who is qualified to go to a top university should be disqualified solely because of their race and if this is happening to asian people it warrants investigation and it warrants being raided

various mental health advocates around the world and seeker is a global mental health professor from harvard university and he put some context into why this is happening to supply in 2020 shuttling in close confinement is happening and as she explains gives us in context of this nobody wants to gene a person who is part of a family they do it because they have no choice and it's for the government to provide evidence based and rate based here as a part of the universal health coverage so that people are changed we don't try to people who are suffering from cancer from blood pressure or from diabetes why should we do that for people who are suffering from mental disorders just record or behavior sometimes again be abnormal. mental illness or just like for other physical illnesses and dickon recruiter the people can become more right and can be a revenue was full and construct a part of society for them since then for others. none of which will pick up and that he would you know the that resonated with the. she had been listening to howl and also shut up. it's almost the same in indonesia exp

he is also a graduate of harvard university and the university of virginia school of law. timed mr. ginsburg at one chaired a commission to look at ways we could improve the electoral process and that was called the presidential commission on electoral administration. mr. ginsburg has been a lawyer for many years. a partner in two firms and one of them is the firm he just retired from and that is jones day. boggs where patton he was a partner for a long time. is a graduate of university undergraduatea where he was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and he was a journalist for a number of years then decided to go to law school at georgetown law school. he has written frequently on this area of political advocacy and he was one of the lawyers that were deeply involved in the bushby gore -- bush versus gore legislation. we will talk a little bit about that. let's dig in and say to both of you, do either of you or both of you think that this election will be resolved in everybody's mind by midnight on election night next week? am looking at you first. can i go to sleep at midnight kno

kennedy who didn't have great grades it is said was accepted to harvard university because his grandfather attended the school and what i would. recommend for the troubled ministration to look at is that in fact the people who have benefited the most from affirmative action programs are in fact white women followed closely behind by asian people so trump may actually be helping people who he would be looking to to continue his presidency coming up in the upcoming election idea that academia has been discriminating against white and asian students has been an open secret since i was in college which is longer ago than i care to admit don't get me wrong i believe that if that systemic discrimination is happening it is wrong but the answer to the problem is not further discrimination and frankly i think it is insulting to black students and to a spandex didn't imply that they need to be given a leg up because of their race that they're not for some reason able to gain admittance just through the merit of their marks we are so used to the culture of political correctness we've almost become nu

. >>> several months ago harvard university predicted we wouldn't return to normal until 2022. today dr. anthony fauci echoed that timeline. flights, vacations, movie theaters, experts say resuming our daily life in the carefree way we're used to likely won't happen until there's a vaccine and it has widespread distribution. dr. fauci now says a vaccine likely won't be ready until december or next january. normalcy will take much longer. >> when we get this under control, not only at the domestic but at the global level, we will start to approach what we call normal. i don't think, francis, that it's going to be at a level where people are going to feel like there are no public health measures to be implemented until we get to the end of 2021 at least. >> you see dr. fauci speaking today with the director of the national institutes of health. >>> a blunt message from leaders in san francisco. don't come to the castro district on saturday. it's a favorite party spot every halloween, but the city says it doesn't want to move in the wrong direction. right now san francisco is in t

kennedy who didn't have great grades it is said was accepted to harvard university because his grandfather attended the school what i would. recommend for the child ministration to look at is that in fact the people who have benefited the most from affirmative action programs are in fact white women followed closely behind by asian people. trump may actually be helping people who he would be looking to to continue his presidency coming up in the upcoming election idea that academia has been discriminating against white and asian students has been an open secret since i was in college which is longer ago than i care to admit don't get me wrong i believe that if that systemic discrimination is happening it is wrong but the answer to the problem is not further discrimination and frankly i think it is insulting to black students and to a spandex to dance to imply that they need to be given a leg up because of their race that they're not for some reason able to gain admittance just through the merit of their marks we are so used to the culture of political correctness we've almost become numb t

kennedy who didn't have great grades it is said was accepted to harvard university because his grandfather attended the school what i would. recommend for the troubled ministration to look at is that in fact the people who have benefited the most from affirmative action programs are in fact white women followed closely behind by asian people. trump may actually be helping people who he would be looking to to continue his presidency coming up in the upcoming election idea that academia has been discriminating against white and asian students has been an open secret since i was in college which is longer ago than i care to admit don't get me wrong i believe that if that systemic discrimination is happening it is wrong but the answer to the problem is not further discrimination and frankly i think it is insulting to black students and to a spandex to dance to imply that they need to be given a leg up because of their race that they're not for some reason able to gain admittance just through the merit of their marks we are so used to the culture of political correctness we've almost become num

kennedy who didn't have great grades it is said was accepted to harvard university because his grandfather attended the school what i would. recommend for the troubled ministration to look at is that in fact the people who have benefited the most from affirmative action programs are in fact white women followed closely behind by asian people so trump may actually be helping people who he would be looking to to continue his presidency coming up in the upcoming election idea that academia has been discriminating against white and asian students has been an open secret since i was in college which is longer ago than i care to admit don't get me wrong i believe that if that systemic discrimination is happening it is wrong but the answer to the problem is not further discrimination and frankly i think it is insulting to black students and to a spandex to dance to imply that they need to be given a leg up because of their race that they're not for some reason able to gain admittance just through the merit of their marks we are so used to the culture of political correctness we've almost become n

. --10:00, sunday, at noon eastern on ourdepth," are alive, to conversation with a harvard university professor whose most recent book is "if/then." other titles include "the secret "these of wonder woman," truths." join in the conversation. at noonn-depth," sunday eastern on "book tv" on c-span2. you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. to 207, the of 214 house approved another coronavirus a bill that provides $2.2 trillion in economic relief for state and local governments, schools, small businesses and the airline industry. it also includes another round of direct payments for contact tracing. house democrats move forward after negotiations with the white house failed to produce a compromise. floor debate before the final vote. lowey, is recognized. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from massachusetts, from my class, the chair of the committee on ways and means, mr. neal. the speaker pro tempore: the g

kennedy who didn't have great grades it is said was accepted to harvard university because his grandfather attended the school and what i would. recommend for the troubled ministration to look at is that in fact the people who have benefited the most from affirmative action programs are in fact white women followed closely behind by asian people so trump may actually be helping people who he would be looking to to continue his presidency coming up in the upcoming election idea that academia has been discriminating against white and asian students has been an open secret since i was in college which is longer ago than i care to admit don't get me wrong i believe that if that systemic discrimination is happening it is wrong but the answer to the problem is not further discrimination and frankly i think it is insulting to black students and to a spandex suit and to imply that they need to be given a leg up because of their race that they're not for some reason able to gain admittance just through the merit of their marks we are so used to the culture of political correctness we've almost beco

university and he put some context into why this is happening the supplies in 2020 shuttling in close confinement is happening and as she explains gives us some context of this nobody wants to gene a person who is part of a family they do it because they have no choice and it's for the government to provide evidence based and rate based here as a part of the universal health coverage so that people are changed we don't try to people who are suffering from cancer from blood pressure or from diabetes why should we do that for people who are suffering from mental disorders just record or behavior sometimes again be abnormal. the mental illnesses are just like the other physical illnesses and dickon recruiter the people can become all right and can be a revenue was full and construct a part of society for them sense and for others. you know if you want to pick up on that you would you know the that resonated with the. i've been listening to hell and also shut up. it's almost the same in indonesia experiences are psychosis in indonesia truly embodied a case of luck black magic and of cours

university and he put some context into why this is happening the supplies in 2020 shuttling in close confinement is happening and as she explains gives us some context of this nobody wants to gene a person who is part of a family they do it because they have no choice and it's for the government to provide evidence based and rate based here as a part of the universal health coverage so that people are changed we don't try to people who are suffering from cancer from blood pressure or from diabetes why should we do that for people who are suffering from mental disorders just because their behavior sometimes again be abnormal. the mental illnesses are just like the other physical illnesses and dickon recruiter the people can become all right and can be a revenue was full and construct a part of society for them sense and for others. none of which will pick up in that you would you know the that resonated with the. i've been listening to howl and also shut up. it's almost the same in indonesia experiences are psychosis in indonesia truly embodied a case of luck black magic and of course

kennedy who didn't have great grades it is said was accepted to harvard university because his grandfather attended the school and what i would. recommend for the troubled ministration to look at is that in fact the people who have benefited the most from affirmative action programs are in fact white women followed closely behind by asian people so trump may actually be helping people who he would be looking to to continue his presidency coming up in the upcoming election idea that academia has been discriminating against white and asian students has been an open secret since i was in college which is longer ago than i care to admit don't get me wrong i believe that if that systemic discrimination is happening it is wrong but the answer to the problem is not further discrimination and i greatly think it is insulting to black students and to a spandex to dance to imply that they need to be given a leg up because of their race that they're not for some reason able to gain admittance just through the merit of their marks we are so used to the culture of political correctness we've almost beco

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university as one of the most controversial climate researchers a believes it's high time we had an emergency plan his idea is to create a sort of screen using dust particles which would reflect the sun's rays weakening or even hold in global warming here by 1st big pilot project names copecks keeps being postponed and there's still not too much opposition. but it is is it something that might in combination with emissions cuts reduce the overall climate risk maybe substantially that's the evidence we have for climate calls so the question is to what extent the solar charger reduce climate rest actually harm people in the if art like extreme storms. screen temperature sea level rise those are research questions that we don't know the answer to. so cold sona radiation management is a gamble little research is being dom on the risks and yet it could be a lost life line when it comes to turbin global warming. in practice it would mean at least 10000 aircraft injecting destructors for every 2 years the planes would release sulfur particles as evenly as possible a town to dudes of molten

of harvard university as one of the most controversial climate researchers eat believes it's high time we had an emergency plan his idea is to create a sort of screen using dust particles which would reflect the sun's rays weakening or even holding global warming. first big pilot project names copecks keeps being postponed and there's still not too much opposition. what it hears is it something that might in combination with emissions cuts reduce the overall climate risk maybe substantially that's the evidence we have acquired calls so the question is to what extent that sellers reduce climate rest actually harm people in the if art like extreme storms extreme temperatures sea level rise those are research questions that we don't know the answer to. so called solar radiation management is a gamble little research has been dominant the risks and yet it could be a last lifeline when it comes to curbing global warming. in practice it would mean at least 10000 aircraft injecting the stratosphere every 2 years the planes would release sulfur particles as evenly as possible at altitudes of m

she is also a fellow at harvard university and the london school of economics. she is the founder of china big idea. that is a daily strategic briefing service. and she is one of the authors of a new book, called huawei goes global: made in china for the world. welcome to you both and to my audience members and a solitary round of applause from me. and remember, you canjoin the conversation as well, it is #bbcglobalquestions. let's go to our first question. it is from an engineering student from zambia, who is currently studying in china. your question, please. my question is, is the quality of technology in america faster than a match made in china? which technology superpowers produce better quality that is more effective? right, shirley yu, who has got the better quality? thank you for the question, thank you, zeinab badawi, for having me. in technology, i think speed and scale matters, but more importantly competition matters. china has become better in quality, primarily because of competition. two of the leading sectors that are characterised china of the

she is also a fellow at harvard university and the london school of economics. she is the founder of china big idea. that is a daily strategic briefing service. and she is one of the authors of a new book, called huawei goes global: made in china for the world. welcome to you both and to my audience members and a solitary round of applause from me. and remember, you canjoin the conversation as well, it is #bbcglobalquestions. let's go to our first question. it is from an engineering student from zambia, who is currently studying in china. your question, please. my question is, is the quality of technology in america faster than a match made in china? which technology superpowers produce better quality that is more effective? right, shirley yu, who has got the better quality? thank you for the question, thank you, zeinab badawi, for having me. in technology, i think speed and scale matters, but more importantly competition matters. china has become better in quality, primarily because of competition. two of the leading sectors that are characterised china so made

kennedy who didn't have great grades it is said was accepted to harvard university because his grandfather attended the school and what i would. recommend for the troubled ministration to look at is that in fact the people who have benefited the most from affirmative action programs are in fact white women followed closely behind by asian people. trump may actually be helping people who he would be looking to to continue his presidency coming up in the upcoming election idea that academia has been discriminating against white and asian students has been an open secret since i was in college which is longer ago than i care to admit don't get me wrong i believe that if that systemic discrimination is happening it is wrong but the answer to the problem is not further discrimination and frankly i think it is insulting to black students and to a spandex suit and to imply that they need to be given a leg up because of their race that they're not for some reason able to gain admittance just through the merit of their marks we are so used to the culture of political correctness we've almost become

university a professor an epidemiologist from oxford university and a professor from stanford university medical school calls for an end to all current lock downs especially for people who are deemed a low risk of death an infection from cope at $191.00 section reads as immunity builds in the population the risk of infection to all including the vulnerable falls we know that all populations will eventually return immunity the petition states our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity joining us now to discuss who. both coasts of the state of journalists and swan and jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic research development thank you for being here ben obviously this declaration is extremely controversial but isn't a covert vaccine supposed to get us to herd immunity. yes it is yes to both of them it's controversial and a vaccine is supposed to give us the herd immunity but it's not the only way to herd immunity unless of course you only listen to big pharma big pharma will tell you that before vaccines i guess there wa

she is also a fellow at harvard university and the london school of economic. she is the founder of china big idea, that is a daily strategic briefing service and she is one of the authors of a new book called huawei goes global, made in china for the world. continue both and to my audience members in the solitary round of applause for me. and remember, you canjoin the conversation as well, it is #bbcglobalquestions. let's go to our first question. it is from an engineering student from zambia, who is currently studying in china. your question, please. my question is, is the quality of technology in america which technology superpowers produce better quality that is more effective? right, shirley yu, who has got the better quality? thank you for the question, thank you, zeinab badawi, for having me. in technology, i think speed and scale matters, but more importantly competition matters. china has become better in quality, primarily because of competition. two of the leading sectors that are characterised china of the leading sectors that are ev productions and

joseph henrich at harvard university, welcome to hardtalk. it's good to be with you. you are now in the middle of a heated debate about human evolution. now, i'm used to thinking about evolution in terms of genetics — darwin's survival of the fittest. you seem to put your focus not so much on biology, much more on cultural conditioning, nurture. am i right? yeah. i mean, one of the unique things about our species is that more than any other species, we're dependent on acquiring large bodies of information from those around us, from the 5ocietie5 we grow up in. and in fact, our brains have evolved to be able to take in and learn how to process information. so our motivations, preferences, emotions, heuristics — all of these things we can acquire in order to adapt to the cultural technologies and languages and institutions that we have to confront in the world, so we're very much a cultural species. right. and you have written a book which has caused many waves. now, there's an acronym at the centre of it — weird — which stands for western, educated, indu5triali

university and he put some context into why this is happening the supplies in 2020 shuttling in close confinement is happening and as she explains gives us some context of this nobody wants to gene a person who is part of a family they do it because they have no choice and it's for the government to provide evidence based and rate based here as a part of the universal health coverage so that people are changed we don't try to people who are suffering. from blood pressure or from diabetes why should we do that for people who are suffering from mental disorders just record or behavior sometimes again be abnormal. the mental illnesses are just like the other physical illnesses and dick and recruiter the people can become more right and can be a revenue was formed and construct a part of society for them since then for others. you know if you want to pick up on that you would you would know the that resonated with the. i've been listening to hell and also shut up. it's almost the same in indonesia experiences are psychosis in indonesia truly embodied a case of luck black magic and of cour

joseph henrich at harvard university, welcome to hardtalk. it's good to be with you. you are now in the middle of a heated debate about human evolution. now i'm used to thinking about evolution in terms of genetics, darwin's survival of the fittest. you seem to put your focus not so much on biology, much more on cultural conditioning, nurture. am i right? yeah. i mean, one of the unique things about our species is that more than any other species, we're dependent on acquiring large bodies of information from those around us, from the societies we grow up in. and in fact, our brains have evolved to be able to take in and learn how to process information. so our motivations, preferences, emotions, heuristics, all of these things we can acquire in order to adapt to the cultural technologies and languages and institutions that we have to confront in the world, so we're very much a cultural species. right. and you have written a book which has caused many waves. now there's an acronym at the centre of it — weird — which stands for western, educated, industrialised, ric

university a professor an epidemiologist from oxford university and a professor from stanford university medical school calls for an end to all current lock downs especially for people who are deemed a low risk of death an infection from cope at $191.00 section it reads as immunity builds in the population the risk of infection to all including the vulnerable falls we know that all populations will eventually return immunity the petition states our goal should therefore be to minimize mortality and social harm until we reach herd immunity joining us now to discuss. swann and jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic research soman thank you for being here ben obviously this declaration is extremely controversial but isn't a covert vaccine supposed to get us to herd immunity. yes it is yes to both of them it's controversial and a vaccine is supposed to give us the herd immunity but it's not the only way to herd immunity unless of course you only listen to big pharma big pharma will tell you that before vaccines i guess there was no such thing as herd immunity and yet now we kn