executive producer of literary series, i'm happy that you are with us tonight, today we present michael patrick lynch with new book the know it all society. michael patrick grinch is a frequent contributor to the new york times among other publications, also professor of philosophy at the university of connecticut. michael has written numerous books including the internet of us and jewel lapur with ground breaking history book has called him the philosopher of truth. now, let's review how tonight is going to work, okay, first, you should all pretty much have a copy of the book. okay. it comes with the purchase of your ticket and you should also have a drink, that's good too. so michael will replace me here to talk about the book for a bit before sitting down and chatting with dan aldric, they all talk for a bit, i thought i'd clarify that and then we will turn to you for questions and answers, our event concludes in about an hour and you're going exit the way you came in. michael anne and i will go out the big blue door and we will meet you in the lobby where michael will personalized your book if yo

so please join me to welcome michael patrick lynch. >> thank you for coming out tonight to talk about the no little society i will start with a few remarks and then we will sit down and have a chat. if you spent more than five minutes or even just five minutes on social media, you get the distinct impression on either spectrum don't like each other very much. and they may feel more polarized than we actually are when recent studies show on a wide range of issues they agree as much as they disagree in the immoral and then to look at us in the same way and we resent them for it. what those arrogant know it all's. and the person you elected president of the united states and maybe we are all know it all's and that's part of the problem. i don't think americans have ever been afraid of confidence we like to think of ourselves as top of the heap and deserving of special recognition. that you pick out the attitude dominating political interactions b competence but arrogance. the arrogance of our own belief to have it all figured out. and we don't have to listen to anyone else. so the idea o