likely to be a little meaner to you than if the problem was you had a plumbing business you couldn't run while you were ill. >> and the state can't tell the difference -- >> yes. the state can't tell the difference, but social networks can. that's where this all happens. it doesn't happen very much at all at the government level, it happens in that cultural operating system level. >> thank you, everybody. we've got books for sale, wine and cheese for free. but, first, let's thank tyler and megan. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

>> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> the three elements of the triple package are, first, a sense of exceptionality, and you can get it from lots of different sources, but it's just a feeling that you're special and destined for special things. the second element is almost seemingly the opposite, and that is a dash of insecurity to offset that exceptionality and feeling that you haven't quite done enough yet, you're not quite good enough yet. and the third element is impulse control or self-discipline and the ability to persevere and resist temptation. >> individuals who have these qualities who grow up in america, they tend predictably second generation to to have a kind of interesting, creative

destruction relationship between their culture and american culture such that second generation kids in immigrant communities start very typically looking back at their parents and brand parents' generation and saying, you know what? we don't want to do success the way you told us to. we're not interested in those jobs you said were the only ones, and instead they make their own decisions whether it's to be a stand-up comic or an artist or something like that. and yet what we've found is aspirationally at least these same qualities can help them do that and achieve very different kinds of goals. >> superiority, insecurity and impulse control, the triple package, tonight at 10 eastern and sunday at 9 on "after words," part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. and for march's booktv week club, we'll be discussing peniel jost's biography of stokely carmichael. go to booktv.org to enter the chat room. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here's our prime time lineup for

tonight. at 7 p.m. eastern, james barrett talks about artificial intelligence. then at 8, elizabeth colbert presents her thoughts on the sixth extinction, an unnatural history. at 9 p.m. eastern, learn about slavery and e chance base from david lye bran davis, and at 10 p.m. "after words" with amy chua. and we wrap up tonight's prime time programming at 11 p.m. eastern with talk about how the pharmaceutical, gun and auto industries have negatively impacted public health. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> there was a poll done in 2013 after the 2013 -- after the second inaugural which asked americans if ronald reagan were to to run today against barack

obama, who would you vote for? they said reagan by 58%. over obama. and that's right after obama's re-election. in 2013. here's really fascinating, how was obama elected principally? the youth votes, right? the youth vote. that same poll they asked people ages 18-34 who would you vote for, reagan or obama? they picked reagan. they picked reagan. unlike the gallup, gallup does a presidents day poll every presidents day, annual presidents day poll. they've been doing this 13 times since 2001. reagan placed first among the american public as far as question who's your all-time favorite president. reagan got it in 2001, 2005, 2011, 2012. and reagan usually finishes in the top three. typically beats lincoln.

[laughter] imagine that. imagine that. there was an, there was of in june 2005 a poll done by aol and time warner. aol online surveyed americans, and they didn't give them a choice. they asked them to put in whichever name they wanted, who is the greatest american of all time? not who's the greatest president, who's the greatest american of all time. 3.4 million -- 2.4 million people responded which any statistician will tell you is far and away a representative sample. i mean, you maybe need only 500 people to do some of this polling. and reagan won. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> jack shaheen is the author of "a is for arab." he joined john tchen and dylan yeats to talk about the history and current use of arab and asia