scrupulous regard for what there is, not deviation from the fact understanding knowledge at tatian. my claim in the book is the message of narrow science is as much the same as that of so-called new atheist and the two should be considered together. the atheist speak on behalf of science just as the narrow scientists do in the message of both camps and submit. combat superiority of science and reason. but it is not only to evangelical direct sense. it is also sent to another historical adversary, art philosophy and humanity. they're the directive goes something like this. the human mind accretions are not the consequence of something called the well or inspiration or communion with the means and most of all are they the result of genius. all that is nebulous. it is the weak minded religion of the palette. the human mind is the flesh coming around to chemicals. tina bennett calls us moist robot. [laughter] sometimes i think scientists don't see their own sense of humor. i don't think he's kidding. with enough money in computing powers, the jigsaw puzzle of the brain will be completed

will remain open to support the astronauts serving on the space tatian. i also want to be clear about what will change. office buildings will close, paychecks will be delayed, vital services that seniors and veterans come a woman and children, businesses, and our economy depend on will be hamstrung create business owners would see delays in raising capital, seeking infrastructure permits, or rebuilding after hurricane sandy. odorants who sacrificed for their country will find their support centers unstaffed. tourists will find every one of america's national parks and monuments from yosemite to the smithsonian to the statue of liberty immediately closed end of course the communities and small businesses that rely on these national treasures for their livelihoods will be out of customers out of luck. the broad with ramifications of a shutdown i think is important that everybody understand the federal government is america's largest employer. more than 2 million civilian workers and 1.4 million active duty military served in all 50 states and all around the

is to what they are doing on the space tatian. it is unprecedented. it is something they already take for granted. i would say there is some normalcy in our relations. is outer space cooperation an indication of how it needs to be done. -- itt comes to the ideas captures the imagination. it is something that our space agency has been pondering for quite a while. it is not only yesterday that they came up with this. i know that we were interested and are interested in partnerships with the united states. paceed to understand what the program is going to be adopted. in russia, what other kinds of the united's dates before they can coordinate? i do it, personally. it is my point of view. we stand to benefit from working together on this issue. >> [indiscernible] i think that space operations are so complex and so expensive and so much in the joint countries' interest that it makes sense to cooperate. >> we have more questions. try to keep it short. >> ben parkins, american university of massachusetts. last few years, russia has been a great power and a s

we asked forecast for tatian reform. transportation reform. we asked for state personnel reform. about 30% of what we needed to read we asked for major reform in commerce. there is so much confusion in my commerce department and dealing with customers, new and existing. we had all of these middle people involved and we needed to streamline -- in fact, we are going to privatize part of our commerce department. this is what radical -- this is what some people call radical change. i call it pragmatic. >> tell us about this reform. >> we had a lot of different departments that were set up many years ago for good reasons. we had a rules center, we had a biotech center. we had all these different groups working for commerce, but not in a coordinated, effective, and efficient manner. we also had a lot of overhead. a customer was confused when they came to north carolina. would we talk to if we are interested in investing? talk to out they had to many groups and no one person was in charge. i don't think that is good customer service. we are putting everyone under one umbrella and we're

i kind of related to george packer's recent tatian yesterday on where we went wrong and i've now lived in texas for 15 years, so i live in this contrast that i'm listening to, okay? i beg to address my question to you, mark. it is kind of two-pronged. one, the title of your book is detroit city, it could lead to be. i wanted to know why you felt that way because i have my memories of what i choose to go back to the 50s come even though my hometown is very depressed like youngstown, ohio and some of those. i understand detroit on a grander scale. so i wanted to know about the title of your book. the next question is what do you think, how long would it take to revitalize detroit and these towns in ohio that are very similar? what is it going to take to describe this connoisseur? >> it's a great question. there's lots of little detroit says you know there are places like youngstown, gary, indiana, cleveland. the title of my book is heartfelt, but also somewhat ironic. it's a line from a song ted nugent. the way the moment is describing at the beginning of the top when i first arrived in