. >> i think it's jonathan chait. >> ok. well then probably, in the course of criticizing me for something or other, but i guess what it means you know an intellectual in politics is a person who tries to connect events and practical questions to deeper currents, theoretical or philosophical currents. there are narrower definitions. you know paul johnson, the great british historian, wrote a book called "intellectuals" in the '80s in which he said that an intellectual in politics is actually a person who tries to remake the world in the image of some theory he has. in that sense, there probably is no such thing as a conservative intellectual, but i think if you take a broader view of it and a notion that an intellectual tries to connect theory and practice then maybe that's right. that's certainly part of what my work tries to do. >> the information on your background has you doing so many things. what's the number 1 thing you do for a living? >> i am the editor of "national affairs," which is a quarterly journal of essays o

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and just to pupping chait that, let me just say in the last three months alone there have been two mainstream movies released at the core of their foundation was an internet policy issue whether it be the fifth estate or just recently at sundance the internet's own boy was released to rave reviews. so it's certainly mainstream in media and movies today. jerry demanded that, you know, this conference be, not take any positions op issues, but just kind of have all stakeholders come together and debate them collegially and passionately, so that's what this conference is about, that's what this organization is about, the internet education foundation. you will see throughout the day folks, board members of mine from my volunteer board of directors come up and introduce different speakers, they kind of keep me honest with regard to not taking positions, and that's why this is a great newt central platform -- neutral platform. let me do a little bit of social media housekeeping, whether you're using google plus, facebook, twitter, instagram or snapchat, the hash tag is pond 14. they couldn't have p