i'm patricia lynch, an executive director here. i'm also the executive producer of our literary series. i'm really happy you are with us tonight. tonight we welcome public intellectual philosopher michael lynch to the innovation leadership series with his new book, "know-it-all-society." michael lynch is a frequent contributor to the "new york times" among other publications. he's also a professor of philosophy at the university of connecticut. a highly sought after speaker around the world, he's appeared in such prestigious venues as chad and the nantucket project. michael has written numerous books including the internet of us, and jill lepore all you saw year with her groundbreaking history book has called in the philosopher of truth. now, what's this review? first, you should all pretty much have a copy of the book, okay? it comes with the purchase of your ticket. you should also have a drink. so that's good, too. so michael will replace me here to talk about the book for a bit before sitting down and chatting with the deputy e