behalf of the american enterprise institute i would like to welcome you with the conversation with pamela paul of the new york times book review about her recent book "how to raise a reader". she co-authored it with her colleague maria russo. so much about raising children is about what we don't want them to do, keep them dangers both real and virtual, no doubt this is a feature and bug of our helicoptering age with this attitude fails to promote a sense of independence in kids. not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but are incapable of entertaining themselves without a device in hand. for reasons both selfish, parents need a break, and selfless, we know this is an important life skill for them, the current situation is pretty untenable, our kids have trouble with any unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is the activity that has suffered the most. according to a recent analysis the share of americans who read for pleasure has fallen by more than 30% since 2004. if there is a way to reverse this trend it has to start with our children and i can think of n

tonight, books and reading first, pamela paul, new york times book review officer thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books. then marion wolf, explores how our brains process reading print versus digital media. after that, bookseller and publishing executive james, on the 1000 books he says a person should read in their lifetime. watch book tv this week. in every weekend on "c-span2". next, author and journalist tim harford looks at inventions that have had the greatest impact on today's economy. from the recent rancho mirage writers festival. this is 45 minutes. please welcome tim harford. [applause]. thank you very much everyone. host: i don't believe in long preambles but i thought i should say a few words. i am well aware the many of you have no idea who i am printed as a thank you for showing up on the spirits of pure curiosity. it speaks very well of you. even though it's a really big name for the festival. i feel very honored to be amongst them. so who am i, few things. already: called the undercover columnist for the financial times. it is really good. i rec

first, pamela paul, editor of the new york times book review offers her thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books. then marianne will explore how our brains process reading print digital media area after that, bookseller and publishing executive james musket on the 1000 books he says a person should read in their lifetime what book tv this weekend every weekend on c-span2. >> sunday at 9 pm eastern, abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl via a behind-the-scenes look at the pump administration in his book front row at the trump show. he's interviewed by mike mccurry, former white house press secretary in the clinton administration. >> you had any of the people which was a phrase which i have actually spent a little bit of time in the book about the origins of that phrase. it's a very ugly phrase that's been used by stalin, used by hitler. used during the french revolution and basically the justification was the people targeted by the law under which they were found guilty and beheaded, the actual law uses that phrase and any of the people.>> watched "aft

the american enterprise institute is like to welcome you to conversation we going to have with pamela paul the editor of "the news york times" book review about her recent book "how to raise a reader" she co-opted it with her colleague maria russo. so much of raising children these days seems to be about what we don't want them to do keeping them away from danger both real and virtual could no doubt this is a feature perhaps a bug of our helicopter in engaged but i think this attitude often fails to provide a sense of independence and kids not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but they are also incapable of entertaining themselves at least without a device in hand. for reasons both selfish and selfless we know this is an important life skill for them the current situation is untenable like kids have trouble with any kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps the activity that suffers the most part according to recent analysis of the american study the share of americans who read for pleasure has fallen by more than 30% since 2004. so if

. >> pamela paul editor of the near times book review discusses her book "how to raise a reader". >> good afternoon everyone, sorry we are running a little bit behind. on behalf of the american in enter enterprise, we will hear about her recent book "how to raise a reader". she authored it with her colleague maria russo. so much of raising children these days seems to be about what we do not want them to do, keeping them away from dangers, real in virtual, no doubt this is a feature, perhaps a bug of her helicopter and age and i think this attitude fails to promote a sense of independence and kids. not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but they are also pretty much incapable of entertaining themselves at least without a device in hand. so for reasons both selfish, parents need a break and selfless, we know this is an important life skill for them, i think the current situation is pretty untenable. our kids have trouble with any kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps activity that has suffered the most. according to a recent ana

the night books and reading, first pamela paul in the new york times book review, she offers her thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books. marianne wolf explores how our brains process reading print versus digital mediums. bookseller and publishing executive james on the 1000 books he says a person should read in their lifetime. watch book tv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> on the president and ceo of the museum of american revolution. it's wonderful to have so many familiar faces in the audience, we also live streaming this evening and we will be on tv so we will live on forever and ever at 3:00 a.m. when you can't sleep. [laughter] i've got text from my father the following morning thank you are on television again. i'm curious, or of hands, how many of you are visiting for the first time this evening? welcome all of you. you are surrounded by many of our members, members of our founding members of the museums, revolution society, this is a fellowship of people who are great supporters of the museum. we are very pleased to partner with trust, you will see t

no pamela paul, editor of the new york times book review.he discusses her book, "how to raise a reader". >> good afternoon, everyone. sorry we are running a little bit behind today. on behalf of the american enterprise institute, i would like to welcome to the conversation we are going to have. her recent book how to raise our leader.

the night books and reading, first pamela paul in the new york times book review, she offers her thoughtsw to get children interested in reading books. marianne wolf explores how our brains process reading print versus digital mediums. bookseller and publishing

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first pamela paul editor of the "new york times" book review officer thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books. then marianne wolf talks about how her brains have reading print dirt versus digital mediums after that bookseller in executive offers his thoughts on that 1000 books he says a person should read in their lifetime. watch a book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. >> next, scientists and entrepreneur gary marcus weighs on the current state of artificial intelligence. in the future of the field in his book rebooting ai. >> good evening everyone, welcome and thank you for supporting your local independently owned bookstore. c-span is filming so please make sure all funds on silent. i do and to let you know about a couple events have coming up this month, tomorrow night haley reading from her and ran his new novel. tuesday steven kinzer is going to present the history of the cia also outside events and tickets are still available for monday's conversation and for jonathan his foreign talk on wednesday. tonight we welcome gary marcus, author of rebooting

tonight, books and reading first, pamela paul, new york times book review officer thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books. then marion wolf, explores how our brains process reading print versus digital media. after that, bookseller and publishing executive james, on the 1000 books he says a person should read in their lifetime. watch book tv this week. in every weekend on "c-span2". next, author and journalist tim harford looks at inventions that have had the greatest impact on today's economy. from the recent rancho

first pamela paul editor of the "new york times" book review officer thoughts on how to get childreninterested in reading books. then marianne wolf talks about how her brains have reading print dirt versus digital mediums after that bookseller in executive offers his thoughts on that 1000 books he says a person should read in their lifetime. watch a book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. >> next, scientists and entrepreneur gary marcus weighs on the current state of artificial intelligence. in the future of the field in his book rebooting

no pamela paul, editor of the new york times book review. she discusses her book, "how to raise a reader". >> good afternoon, everyone. sorry we are running a little bit behind today. on behalf of the american enterprise institute, i would like to welcome to the conversation we are going to have. her recent book how to raise our leader. she co-authored her colleague. so much of raising children these days seems to be about what we don't want them to do, keeping them away from dangerous both real and virtual, no doubt this is a feature, about our helicopter age but this attitude often fails to promote a sense of independence in kids. not only do they not know how to walk the street by themselves but they are also pretty much incapable of entertaining themselves at least without a device in hand. so for reasons both selfish, parents need a break in his office, we know it's an important life skill for them, i think the current situation is untenable, they have trouble with the kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps th

the american enterprise institute is like to welcome you to conversation we going to have with pamela paul the editor of "the news york times" book review about her recent book "how to raise a reader" she co-opted it with her

first pamela paul, editor of the new york times book review offers her thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books then marianne wolf explores how our brains process reading digital media and after that the bookseller and publishing executive james muscat on the 1000 books he says a person should read in their lifetime. what book tv this week and every weekend on c-span2. >> sunday at 9 pm eastern on "after words", abc out correspondent jonathan paul provides a behind-the-scenes look at the trump administration in his book front row at the trumpet show . he's interviewed by mike mccurry, former white house press secretary in the clinton administration. >> you get an email the people which is a phrase which actually i spent a little bit of time in the book about the origins of that phrase. it's a very ugly phrase it's been used by stalin, used by hitler, during the french revolution. basically the justification was, the people who were targeted by the law under which they were found guilty and beheaded, the actual law uses that phrase and any of the people. >> watched "a

pamela paul, editor of the new york times book review offers her thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books. then marianne wolf explains how we process print versus digital media. after that bookseller and publishing executive james mustard on the 1000 books he said a person should read in their lifetime. watch booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> this weekend on booktv's afterwords, chief white house correspondent jonathan karl provides a behind-the-scenes look at the trump presidency with his new book front row at the trump show. >> he knows the reporters, he reads the stories, he watches the news coverage, he want -- he once privately said tivo was the greatest invention of mankind because he has all the shows on his dvr and he watches and he sees how he is being portrayed. i recall him as one point, phil rucker with the washington post, really good reporter, press conference, the president made reference to a story that phil had written before the new york primary in 2016 about the staten island ferry and basically went and interviewed people on the staten island ferry a

tonight books and reading, first, pamela paul, editor of the new york times book review, offers her thoughts on how to get children interested in reading books. and then mary anne wolf explores how our brains process reading print versus digital mediums. after that, book seller and publishing executive on the 1,000 books he says a person should read in their lifetime. watch book tv this week and every weekend on c-span2. this weekend on book tv's after words, abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan carl has a look at the presidency with the book "front row at the trump show", he reads the stories, he watches news conference. he once privately called sentevo, the earliest dvr was the greatest to mankind. he has all the shoes on dvr and sees how he's being portrayed. i recall him-- phil rocker with "the washington post," a really good reporter. at a press conference the president made reference to a story that phil had written before the new york primary, okay? in 2016 about the staten island ferry and about, you know, phil basically went and ent view-- interviewed people on the stat

. >> pamela paul editor of the near times book review discusses her book "how to raise a reader". >> good afternoon everyone, sorry we are running a little bit behi