the 2014st won pulitzer prize for general nonfiction.you told us about the ciba plant, and all the children who were sick in toms river, what about union carbide? >> i want to make sure everyone knows that the story is a doubt more than just the chemical plant. -- is about more than just the chemical plant. and 70's, illegal dumping. chemical companies were looking for cheap ways to get rid of their waste. they often used intermediaries to get rid of their waste. that is what happened in this case. union carbide had thousands of barrels from his plant that it wanted to get rid of and did not want to spend the money to dispose of the waste properly, so it engaged with a contractor, a distributable guy, who ultimately took those barrels and dumped them in the back of a chicken farm -- >> thousands of barrels. >> thousands. he was so overwhelmed by the work, he would just throw them off the side of his truck and they would burst -- >> when was this and how long? >> it was just a few months, but the damage was done in the early 1970's. the d

general. grand central does commercial action and nonfiction.if it's more literary or a topic i feel like we can publish, i will share with other editors that i know might be different house or try to recommend somewhere else for the person to be published. at the end of the day, it should be more about who's going to do the best for your project. i've seen books do phenomenally well that are published by smaller prices because they were really dedicated and he knew what the market was, whether audience was, so they get it right. if you get published by a major and they're not quite sure where your readership is, they can kill your career. it's not always have to be published by a major. you could make it by being published by a small publisher that does how to publish her book well. i would say it's just the same to me legwork like finding your market, finding the agent doublespeak the best year project can be the best work for your project can go from there. >> i was actually interested in your particular regency and what you are presenting ba

the nonfiction books about the singularity predict ai will helps solve every medical problem facing us like the overall general was about. before he was a science fiction legend, he had a background in mathematics and physic, and then we went on to win every award in science fiction, and he was not optimistic of sharing the planet with smarter than human machines. he says intijt machines will win out and dominate it. to pair phase, we humans fear the future not because we're the fastest or the strongest creature, but because we're the most intelligent. when we share the planet with creatures smarter than ourselves, they'll steer the future. that idea infecked me. this is back in 1990. i started interviews ai makers and robotists shortly after that to work out this idea, and i decided to write a book. when i spoke with artificial intelligence programmers, i posed the question, and sure enough, everyone agreed with the premise that in a hundred years, most of the decisions affecting our lives will be made by machines. i asked follow-up questions. does that transligs to be frndly? a handover or takeover? will we