we'll try to upgrade homo sapiens before we really understood the full capacity of homo sapiens. we actually know so little joing us. >> thank you. >> learning how to switch off and tune out. not for our next guest. it's not unusual for a british actor to go to hollywood and make it big but jameela jamil is not exactly your paint by numbers actress. a britt of pakistani descent, honest about her life from anorexia to sexual assault, nervous breakdown and even she got hit by a car. she remains incredibly optimistic throughout and she is starring in the hit sitcom "the good place." she spoke with alicia menendez about her unusual journey to the top. >> you have the type of story that if it were written as fiction would be unbelievable. you grow up without full hearing and become a radio dj. you accidentally become a host, you then accidentally become a columnist, you have then achieved fame in the uk and decide it's time to move to the u.s. to pursue a career in writing and then somehow, although you're not pursuing acting, get cast in one of the most important sit cocoms happeg ri

of thousands of millions of years and so in africa really the cradle of humanity the cradle of homo sapiens as we understand our role on planet earth is now ready to take on all comers as they begin to enter the twenty first century with such advantages that they leap frogging all the fear of money banking system right into cryptocurrency so they're ready to be really a huge growth story twenty first century yet again so they point out again that the competition between don't nurse has led to great outcomes in africa and then the. tim post asks what comes first good governance or development so this is the no strings attached thing so. china does not try to impose any sort of restrictions on their aid in relation to things like government corruption or by government institutions or by cultural differences so here they look at some studies so this is the washington post again remember they say one question to ask is whether good governance leads to economic development this is one of the underlying assumptions of making a conditional some scholars suggest the causal arrow may actually be rev

we have been on this planet as species for more than 200,000 years, homo sapiens, trying to figure it out ever since we have been here and we are still struggling to do it. as you look at the future, that is how i think we have to confront the future. we have been trying to figure out how to make this planet work for us for a long time, and we haven't quite gotten it right yet, but we are closer. >> i cannot disagree with a word of that, dan. i would also add as we walk outside for lunch and look at the surrounding environment and drive wherever we are going this afternoon, we have to agree that for all the mistakes the federal government has made, we are fortunate people to live with the benefits conferred upon us in terms of western land and resources. >> it is always good to end with a quote. sometimes, there is no one better to quote than wallace stegner. what stegner said was "it is hard to be pessimistic about the west, it is the native home of hope." [applause] stephen: how about that? >> perfect. stephen: so, are we breaking or going to the next session right away? ok, sit tig