okay so let's move onto her speakers, jaron lanier was next to me is a computer scientist composer, artistd author who writes on numerous topics including high-technology business social impact of technology, the philosophy of consciousness and information, internet politics and the future of humanism. jaron has been on the cusp of technological innovation for sometime as a pioneer in virtual reality, a term he coined founded vpl research the first company to sell the our products. for medicine can decide and numerous other fields. he is currently interdisciplinary scientist at microsoft research. his critically acclaimed book, you are not a gadget, a manifesto, and who owns the future? remain international bestsellers. he was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by "time" magazine. sebastian thrun come at the incoming ceo of udacity, a google fell and bp, and research professor at stanford. he has published over 370 scientific papers and 11 books and he is a member of the u.s. national academy of engineering. foreign policy touted him global thinker number four. [laug

you will hear from computer scientist jaron lanier. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome. yes, welcome again to a conversation about our digital future with jaron lanier and sebastian thrun. i will introduce our speakers and then i will have the memo. there will be plenty of time and microphones for your questions, so be prepared for that. let's move on to our speakers. jaron writes on numerous topics including technology, koch's news and information internet politics and the future of humanism. he has been on the cusp of technology goal -- technological innovation for some time founding the first company to sell vr products. he is currently interdisciplinary scientist at microsoft research. his critically acclaimed books remain international best sellers. he was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine. sebastian thrun at the end is ceo of udacity. he has published 373 signed to pick papers and is a member of the u.s. academy of engineering. foreign policy touted him global thinker number 4. [laughter] [applause] henry: all right. thrun w