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  • >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.

  • MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS AN AUTHOR, "NEW YORK TIMES"

  • COLUMNIST, AND THREE-TIME PULITZER PRIZE WINNER.

  • PLEASE WELCOME, THOMAS L.

  • FRIEDMAN!

  • WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE

  • WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE

  • >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

  • >> GREAT TO BE HERE.

  • >> Stephen: IT'S LIKE OLD HOME WEEK, HAVEN'T TALKED IN A LONG

  • TIME, MR. "WORLD IS FLAT," MR. "GLOBALIZATION."

  • LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE WE GET ON TO YOUR BOOK HERE.

  • THE IDEA THAT RUSSIA HAS USED CYBER WARFARE TO INTERVEER WITH

  • OUR ELECTION OVER HERE AND THE RUMORS THAT HAVE BEEN

  • PROMULGATED, EVEN BY THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, THAT

  • DONALD TRUMP MIGHT BE UNDER THE THUMB OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.

  • DO YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON THAT IN ANY WAY, THOMAS L.

  • FRIEDMAN.

  • >> I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT.

  • YOU KNOW, WHAT STRUCK ME, STEPHEN, LISTENING TO YOUR

  • OPENING, TRUMP MIGHT BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT WHO HAS TO

  • RECUSE HIMSELF FROM DEALING WITH THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

  • YOU REALLY DO WONDER HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT AT THEIR FIRST

  • MEETING.

  • AND THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP IS SO WEIRD IN THE SENSE THAT THIS ALL

  • STARTED, STEPHEN, WITH PUTIN THINKING HILLARY WAS GOING TO

  • WIN, AND HE HATED HILLARY, SO TO TWEAK HER, HE PRAISED TRUMP, AND

  • TRUMP CAME BACK AND SAID, "THAT GUY LIKES ME.

  • I THINK HE'S OKAY, TOO.

  • HE'S A STRONG LEADER.

  • I'D BE A STRONG LEADER, TOO, IF I ELIMINATED ALL MY OPPONENTS

  • WITH POISON-TIPPED EXWRAELS.

  • YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

  • YOU CAN BE STRONG.

  • AND THE THING HAS SORT OF CASCADED NOW TO THE POINT WHERE

  • YOU REALLY WONDER, TRUMP SAID HE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH RUSSIA.

  • I'M ALL FOR WORKING WITH RUSSIA.

  • THEY HAVE A LOT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

  • WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO FIGHT ISIS AND SYRIA.

  • RUSSIA'S ALLIES FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA ARE HEZBOLLAH, IRAN, AND

  • JIHADISTS FROM CENTRAL ASIA.

  • ARE WE GOING TO BE ALLIES WITH THEM?

  • AND IT'S WHY, STEPHEN, WHEN I LISTEN TO HIM, YOU ALWAYS FEEL

  • LIKE THERE'S NO SECOND PARAGRAPH.

  • THERE'S ALWAYS JUST THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.

  • BUT HE HASN'T THOUGHT AROUND THE CORNER, YOU KNOW

  • ( APPLAUSE ).

  • ( CHEERS ).

  • >> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY?

  • WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY?

  • BECAUSE ISN'T IT THE PRESS' JOB TO GET TO THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH,

  • TO SAY OKAY WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF WHAT YOU JUST

  • SAID?

  • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT IT WITH ANY ACTION OR ANY PLAN?

  • I HEARD A LOT OF FIRST PARAGRAPHS BUT NO PLANS BEYOND

  • ANYTHING.

  • HE WAS ASKED HOW DO YOU REPLACE OBAMACARE?

  • "IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

  • PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT."

  • >> "WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE LINES" I THINK I RECALL, BETWEEN THE STATES.

  • THIS IS WHAT I WORRIED ABOUT HIM FROM THE VERY DPING BECAUSE ALL

  • WE'VE HEARD FROM HIM NOW-- TRUMP TWEET EXPAWLG OF THIEVES

  • THINGS-- IT HAS ONE CHARACTER BEFORE YOU'RE PRESIDENT, BUT

  • BEGINNING ON JANUARY 20, THAT'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

  • STATES TWEETING, TWEETING AT NORTH KOREA, TWEETING ABOUT

  • RUSSIA, TWEETING ABOUT PUTIN.

  • AND THAT HAS WHOLLY DIFFERENT IMPLICATION S.

  • >> Stephen: DO YOU IMAGINE THAT WILL CHANGE?

  • >> BOY, I HOPE SO.

  • I MEAN -- >> DO YOU WANT TO LAY A BET?

  • >> OH!

  • >> Stephen: NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS TO BE

  • ANXIOUS ABOUT, OR TO BE HAPPY ABOUT-- I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE

  • YET.

  • YOU'VE GOT A NEW BOOK CALLED "THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE:AN

  • OPTIMIST'S GUIDE FOR THRIVING IN THE AGE OF ACCELERATION."

  • FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE AGE OF ACCELERATION?

  • ARE WE IN IT RIGHT NOW?

  • >> THE BOOK ARGUE WIERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE EXPONENTIAL

  • ACCELERATIONS, THE MARKET, MOTHER NATURE, AND MOORE'S LAW.

  • MOTHER NATURE, CLIMATE CHANGE, IF YOU FUT ON A GRAPH, IT LOOKS

  • LIKE A HOCKEY STICK.

  • THE MARKET FOR ME IS DIGITAL GLOBALIZATION.

  • EVERYTHING IS BEING DIGITALIZED, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, PAYPAL.

  • >> Stephen: THE INTERNET OF THINGS.

  • >> ALL OF THAT.

  • AND MOORE'S LAW, COINED BY GORDON MOORE, SAID THE SPEED IN

  • POWER MICROCHIPS WILL DOUBLE IN ROUGHLY 24 MONTHS.

  • IT'S NOW ABOUT 30, BUT IT'S KEPT UP.

  • WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE THREE ACCELERATIONS.

  • I TELL THE STORY OF INTEL TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE POWER OF

  • ACCELERATION IN TECHNOLOGY.

  • THEY TOOK THE 1971 W.V. BEATLE AND SAID WHAT IN THIS CAR

  • IMPROVED AT THE SAME RATE MICROCHIPS HAVE OVER THE LAST 52

  • YEARS.

  • THEY DETERMINED THAT CAR WOULD GO 300,000 MILES AN HOUR.

  • IT WOULD GET TWO MILLION MILES A GALLON AND COST FOUR CENT.

  • SO THAT'S THE POWER OF THE EXPONENTIAL THAT'S REALLY

  • DRIVING ALL THE TECHNOLOGY FORWARD.

  • >> Stephen: HOW DO WE SURVIVE IN IT, THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN.

  • >> WHAT I REALLY ARGUE FOR IN THE BOOK AND THE REASON THE BOOK

  • NENDZ MINNESOTA, WHERE I GREW UP, IS FINDING A WAY TO ANCHOR

  • YOURSELF IN THE WORLD.

  • THE BOOK ACTUALLY, STEPHEN, IS THE CELEBRATION OF EVERYTHING

  • OLD AND SLOW.

  • IT ARGUES -- >> LIKE CROCK POTS, SLOW

  • COOKING?

  • >> A LITTLE BIT.

  • IT REALLY ARGUES THAT I THINK EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS TODAY IS

  • ACTUALLY ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN'T DOWNLOAD.

  • IT'S THE STUFF YOU HAVE TO UPLOAD THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY,

  • ONE HUMAN BEING TO HONOR.

  • ( APPLAUSE ) ONE OF MY FAVORITE --

  • >> LIKE WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING, GET OFF THE INTERNET AND

  • HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY.

  • >> LISTENING TO THAT REMINDED ME I HAVE A QUOTE IN THE BOOK FROM

  • OUR SURGEON GENERAL, AN AMAZING GUY.

  • AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS THE MOST PREVALENT DISEASE IN

  • AMERICA, CANCER, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE?

  • HE SAID IT'S NONE OF THOSE.

  • IT'S ACTUALLY ISOLATION.

  • WE'RE IN THE MOST CONNECTED AGE IN HISTORY AND THE SURGEON

  • GENERAL SAYS THE THING THAT IS REALLY AILING SO MANY PEOPLE IS

  • THE SENSE OF BEING DISCONNECTED.

  • AND THE BOOK REALLY-- THE BOOK HAS A KIND OF THEME SONG.

  • I'M A BIG FAN OF BRANDY CARLISLE.

  • AND THE SONG IS CALLED "THE EYE."

  • I WRAP MY LOVE AROUND THE FRAME, YOU CAN DANCE IN A HURRICANE,

  • BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE EYE."

  • I THINK TRUMP IS SELLING A WALL TO THE HURRICANE, AND I'M

  • ARGUING FOR AN EYE, THAT'S THE HEALTHY COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE

  • CAN BE ANCHORED IN THE WORLD, FEEL CONNECTED, PROTECTED, AND

  • RESPECTED AND I THINK POLITICS HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR

  • THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS GOING TO BE REALLY A BATTLE BETWEEN THE

  • WALL PEOPLE AND THE EYE PEOPLE.

  • ( APPLAUSE ).

  • >> Stephen: GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK.

  • I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.

  • THE BOOK IS "THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE."

  • THE MAN IS THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN.

  • WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY.

>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.

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