eastern with eric deggins, whose book, "race baiter," will be the topic. visit booktv.org more more on this weekend's television schedule. >> next on booktv, viktor mayer-schonberger and kenneth cookier tube a new field of research that uses information to predict human behavior and events. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening and welcome to today's program at the commonwealth club of california, the place where you're in the know. i'm dr. missouri rah gunn, host of tech nation which airs on npr.org and also on the npr channels on xm sirius radio. i'm your moderator for the program this evening. tonight's program is being held in associate -- association with the commonwealth club's science-technology forum. find us on the internet at commonwealthclub.org or down lode our iphone and android apps for program and schedule information and podcasts of past programs. and now it is my pleasure to introduce today's distinguished guests. viktor mayer-schonberger, professor of internet governance and regulation at oxford university, and kenneth cukier, da