mankind. mankind. the university of chicago pose the hour and 15 minute event. >> some time ago, in fact, many years ago now just as i was being introduced by the late senator paul simon of illinois, a longtime friend, and he was holding up the latest book i'd read many said lester has written a sort of book that once you put it down you can't pick it up again. [laughter] >> if you don't get a chance to read the book, there will be a movie. there is a two-hour special now in production on plan d. when i mentioned to one of our funders that i was going on a book tour, this was in june of last year, to promote several of the early translations of plan b., 3.0, and i mentioned i would be in japan, we would be launching the japanese, korean, chinese, indie, turkish additions on this particular swing. and she said wouldn't it be great to get that on film? so we mentioned it to our production team who is producing for pbs, they do the journey to planet earth series that is on tv now for several year

. >> lester brown, president of birth policy institute, presents his thesis on how best to save mankind. the university of chicago hosts the hour and 15 minute event. >> some time ago, in fact many years ago now, when i was being introduced by the late senator paul simon of illinois, a longtime friend and he was holding up the latest book i had written in the set, lester's has written the kind of book that once you put it down, you can't pick it up again. [laughter] if you don't get a chance to read the book, there will be a movie. there is a to our special now in production on plan b. when i mentioned to one of our founders that i was going on a book to work, this was in june of last year, to promote several of the early translations of plan b.4.0 and i mentioned i would be in japan. we would be launching the japanese, korean, chinese, handy, turkish and italian versions on this particular swing. she said, would it be great to get that on film so we mentioned it to where production team who is producing for dbs. the geren that planet airs series that has been on for several years. they

thanks for the kind words the center is doing such important work, from the history of mankind for as long as there of mankind for as long as there has been politics, people having come to washington and 1972, having started working in 1973 as an elevator operator in the senate office buildings and in turning 1974 and 75, things have changed a lot. it is not what it should be. i hope the center -- i think the center costs will do some great things. hopefully we can nudge it back to where it should be as opposed to where it has been. this conference, i am very excited about the conference. this panel is also an. i wish i had a hand in it, but i did not. it looks a lot like what i would have done. what i want to do is run through each of the people and i am going to sit down and start throwing some open-ended questions out. then we can bring in the audience. in the world press and communications, at what is better than being a press secretary to a speaker of the house? i will tell you what speaks to me more than anything else, as a little kitten -- kid my favorite tv show was "sky king.

i'm sure that from the history of mankind or as long as there has been politics or any other kind of institutions, people have felt like things used to be better back in the old days, and it has probably always been like that. i can say that having come to washington in 1972, started working in 1973 as an elevator operate dwror in the senate office buildings, and interning in 1973, 1974 and 1975, and going up there as a staffer in 1977, things have changed a lot. it is not what it ought to be and what the american people deserve. i think the center is going to be doing some great things, and hopefully we can nudge it back to where it ought to be as opposed to where it has been. i am very excited about the conference, and this panel is just awesome. i wish i had a hand in it, but i didn't. it looks a lot like what i would have done. what i'm going to do is run through just a brief about each of the folks, and then i'm going to sit down and start throwing some ochoa-ended questions out and then -- open-ended questions out. what is better than being a press secretary to the speaker of t

in the issues facing mankind. the impact of new social media constituted the subject much covered by others. so i'd like to devote a few minutes to comments on the changes in american politics in relation to the challenges in the world. in teaching at harvard and princeton upon leaveing congress, i developed a series of two-minute courses in american governments. let he site several. political science 101 beginning with the country over the past generation has been approximately 1/3 democratic, 1/3 republican, and 1/3 independent. one-half of 1/3 is 1/6. so 16th and 2/3 percent of the voters control the election. but because only one in four, often a fraction of this figure participate in primaries where the candidates are chosen, it is 1/4 times 1/6 that 1/24 that is the maximum percentage offered by each of the parties. this percent is socially conservative on the republican side and vigorously liberal. hence, legislative bodies intended to respect the vast cross section of the american public increasingly refle

the history of mankind is a history of justification, part of man toward woman.ing the establishment of absolute tyranny. women's rights fit squarely equality and rebellion. a heritage that belonged to women. women's secondary status crushed, constrained and the little women's pursuit of happiness itself. all this talk about women as independent, supporters as well as appalled opponents, breathless. point only sputter incoherently without rage. this may sound familiar, rather than discuss the issue at hand they resorted to emotional outbursts against the women's marriage prospects. stanton's words, if we listen closely, can leave us astonished by how radical and deeply rooted in the nation's soil on equal rights, imperfect the fulfiled. they remind us because we can forget, the radical individual rights including the right to vote. she never focused on one idea. susan b. anthony came to believe winning the vote was the most essential thing they needed to do. she was brilliant. these liberal views of women's status through radical fatigue of religious teachings. w

thanks for the kind words the center is doing such important work, from the history of mankind for aslong as there has been politics, people have felt like things used to be better in the old days and it has been like that. i can say that having come to washington in 1972, having started working in 1973 as an elevator operator in the senate office buildings and interning in 1973 and -- through 1975 and as a staffer in 1977, things have changed. it is not what the american people deserve. i hope the center -- the center will be doing some great things and hopefully, we can nudge it back to where it ought to be. as opposed to where it has been. this conference, i am very excited about the conference. this panel is awesome. i wish i had a hand in it but i did not. it looks a lot like what i would have done. what i will do it is run through a brief about the folks and i will sit down and start throwing some open-ended questions out. we can bring in the audience. in the world of press and communications, what is better than being a press secretary to the speaker of the house and a speech w

no single project in this period will be more impressive to mankind. pass the chowder, bobby. [laughter] >> it was an impossible challenge. but america pulled together. and in july of 1969, neil armstrong planted that american flag on the moon and was an achievement that for anyone who saw it was just an amazing accomplishment. it was like flying solo across the atlantic, climbing mount everest, reaching the north pole all wrapped into one. the young people who saw were especially impact, especially one young man in hawaii named barack obama. barack obama as a young boy remembered sitting on my grandfather's shoulders and watching the apollo astronauts, sure in hawaii. i sat there and i know, my grandfather explain how we americans could do anything we set our minds to accomplish. >> who could argue that american government was incapable after putting a man on the moon? >> we have won world war ii, helped rebuild europe of its barack obama. we had won world war ii, helping rebuild europe through the marshall plan. we done the national highway system. we had split the atom with

in a fundamental phenomenon called specialization and exchange, what adam smith as described as mankind'sural tendency to truck and buck. private enterprise comes from people naturally exercising their right to have dominion over their own lives and property. it is all about me being able to own my land, my labor, and bend it to the tasks tending to my family's needs by serving the needs of others. and it works. in 776, a wonderful accident of history, the greatest experience of capitalistic free enterprise was also born in america in that year. but before that, going back to jamestown colony, they discovered in the first year, when they almost all died, socialism, communalism does not work. they almost died. after that almost failure when losses were heavy, they discovered if we let everybody specialized and trade among themselves, we can prosper and this continent has prospered by that model ever since that discovery in it jamestown. it is all about the division of labor. now everybody that gets together to understand that while we might do everything by individual enterprise, there are

thanks for the kind words the center is doing such important work, from the history of mankind for as long as there has been politics, people have felt like things used to be better in the old days and it has been like that. i can say that having come to washington in 1972, having started working in 1973 as an elevator operator in the senate office buildings and interning in 1973 and -- through 1975 and as a staffer in 1977, things have changed. it is not what the american people deserve. i hope the center -- the center will be doing some great things and hopefully, we can nudge it back to where it ought to be. as opposed to where it has been. this conference, i am very excited about the conference. this panel is awesome. i wish i had a hand in it but i did not. it looks a lot like what i would have done. what i will do it is run through a brief about the folks and i will sit down and start throwing some open-ended questions out. we can bring in the audience. in the world of press and communications, what is better than being a press secretary to the speaker of the house and a speech

his vividly rendered the darkest act of mankind, genocide, war, abuse, and through cinema, he has captured the perpetrators of these crimes, in preserving them for all time as examples of intolerable in humanity. he has given us soaring counterexamples like celie who finds the power to leave her captor in the dust. and. cinque in "amistad," his characters have uplifted us time and again and shown us that there are no shackles strong enough to contain the human spirit. [applause] as mayor of philadelphia, i would like to think of this evening's award as the cradle of liberty medal. mr. spielberg, like the men gathered here to hundred 22 years ago, and crafted their vision, you have become a global ambassador of hope. i must cite your work one more time. the scene we just watched in "amistad," when there appears no hope, people round the world will long in both their ancestors steven spielberg and the wisdom and strength you have fathered and inspired will come to their aid. [applause] [music ] >> it is hebrew from the tel mode. it's as long live. -- it says, "long life." [music] >> i could

the purpose of these trade agreements was not for the benefit of mankind.e loss of manufacturing jobs is excess -- excessively detrimental. i can testify to that as the mayor of a city that lost tens of thousands of industrial jobs, as have other communities across this country. however, the days of us being the sole power in terms of manufacturing process are over. we are in a global marketplace. but i believe we have the ability to compete in the global marketplace. notwithstanding the fact that you are correct in pointing out that wage indicators and quality of life and standard of work conditions are significantly lower in other countries, the innovation that does and can occur in this country is still second to none. we have seen industries in youngstown, ohio that are completed -- competing globally. it is not easy. we have to make sure that the trade agreements we are engaged in our fair and that they do -- are fair and that they do protect us from unfair foreign competition, not just from foreign competition. general motors has recognized its failur

it's all up to you to mine your mind in the betterman of all mankind. >> well, i'm getting some association that is are inappropriate. like a trap door in my head. open up your mind. then poverty, i'm seeing picture of loverty. love i'm seeing the volkswagen beetle. when i read a book, i convert it into pictures. some of these, i don't understand. and, you know,ing now as far as whales go, dolphins, i know -- i am familiar with some researchers. fabulous research that's been done on the ability of the whales to make bubble rings. very complicated bubble rings. and i talk about that in "animals make us human." this is an animal with a huge complex brain. it's assembled different than our brain, but it's huge. >> host: how many speechers do you give a year? >> i'm on the road about 90% of the time because autism, doing interviews in february, hbo is going to have a movie about me starring claire danes. i was involved with that. i had to make sure the cattle stuff was done right. they did a beautiful job. i'm just living on the road right now. >>>> host: are you teaching? >> i have a short cou

it's all to you you to mine your mind and help in the betterment of all mankind. >> host: all right,you very much. >> guest: i'm getting some associations that are inappropriate, like a trap door in my head. enup your mind, and when he says preventing poverty, i'm seeing picture. love, i'm seeing a volkswagen beetle. i know that's inappropriate. i have problems with long strings of information. when i read a book i convert into it pictures, and deep verbal things i don't understand. as far as whales and dolphins, i am familiar with some research, fabulous research has been done on the ability of whales to make bubble rings and i talk about that in the animals make us human. this is an animal that has a brain, great, big, huge, come mess brain. it's assembled differently than our brain. >> host: how much speeches a year too do you give. >> guest: i give enter views, and in february hbo is having a movie about me starring claire danes. i had to make sure the did all the cattle stuff. i'm living on the road. >> host: are you you teaching this semester? >> guest: i have a short course i

in american politics and issues facing mankind. the impact of new social media constituted a subject much covered by others. i'd like to comment on the changes in american politics in relation to the challenges in the world. in teaches at harvard and princeton, i developed several improvements. political science begins with the observation that with swings the country over the past generation has been 1, 3, democrat, 1/3 republican, and 1/3 independent. grade school math shows us that half of 1/3 is 1/6. but because only one in four, often a fraction of this figure participate in primaries where legislative candidates are chosen, it's 1/4 time 1/6 that 1/24 is the maximum percentage of the electorate and hence the legislative bodies have tended to represent the vast cross section of the american public increasingly reflect principally the philosophical edges. american is a pragmatic oriented society. for virtually all of our history, they have had the aversion to extreme. yet compounded by the recent patterns, the turning center is

thus all mankind is reassured. and as the moment is reassuring, so it is more hopeful and heartening as this treaty is evidence that amid the tensions and the strife and the struggle and sorrow of these years, men of many nations have not lost the way or have not lost the will toward peace. the conclusion of this treaty encourages the hope that other steps may be taken toward a peaceful world. and it is for these reasons and in this perspective that i have described this treaty as the most important international agreement since the beginning of the nuclear age. >> i apologize because of this discussion, we don't have as much time for q & a, but there is a question i would like, we have time for one question. and ted, you wanted to add something. let me pose the question, at least we have one question and you can comboin the two. which bay of pigs lesson weighed extensively in this? >> oh, my, the bay of pigs involved cuba and it was a fiasco, and kennedy relied on what the c.i. a. and military had previously plann

what adam smith described as mankinds natural tendency to barter. what any oakley described as doing what comes naturally. free enterprise comes from people naturally exercising their right to have dominion over their own lives and property. it is all about me being able to all my land, my labor and my capital and ended to the task of tending to my families needs by serving the needs of others. and it works. that understanding as well formulized beginning with "wealth of nations." the greatest experience in capitalistic free enterprise, in the history of the world was born in america in that year. before that, going back to jamestown colony, they discovered in the first year, when they almost all died, socialism, communalism doesn't work. they almost died. after that first near-fatal year, they discovered, if we let everybody specialized in trade among themselves, we can prosper. it is all about division of labor. now, everybody gets together understands that while we might -- we might do everything by individual enterprise. there are some things we