. >> here on c-span2, the "the communicators" are next with peter nowak talking about his book "humans 3.0." and then later talking about terrorist groups and social media. and a look at child nutrition programs and their impact on local communities. >> c-span2, created by america's cable's company 35 years ago and brought to you as a local cable or satellite provider. this week on the "the communicators" we interview an office at ces in las vegas. it is the largest consumer technology show in the world. we took a look at the new technology on display. >> host: this is peter nowak of toronto, canada "humans 3.0" is his new book. what do you mean by 3.0? >> guest: i guess there are a couple ways to look at it. i was a top anthropologist and asked what age we were in evolutionary and this could be considered human 4.0 actually but where i started from was i thought humans were largely segregated from nature and then we evolved through technology. technology played a major role. for the last 200,000 years we have been humans 2.0 and that is more of a case of humans living in relative harm

. >> host: this is peter nowak of toronto, canada. humans 3 .0 is his most recent book the upgrading of the species. what do you mean by 3.0? >> guest: well, i guess there's a couple ways to look at it. when i first started the book, i talked to anthropologists and got a sense of what stage of evolution we were in scientifically, and there's not really agreement there. some of them are saying we could be considered humans 4.0 actually. but where i kind of starts from was the earliest humans were the ones that were largely subjugated by nature. nature's perceived and then we involve, of course, through technology. technology played a major role. i think for the last 200,000 years or so we have been humans 2 .0 and that's more of a case of humans living in relative harmony with nature. you know, it hasn't kicked our butt basically completely. humans 3 .0, i think is where anthropologists call it the -- [inaudible] and that's where humans are starting to affect nature, master nature both in the sense of the environment and our own biolog

. >> this is peter nowak of toronto canada. "humans 3.0" is his book. what do you mean by 3.0? peter: i talked to scientists and got a sense of where we are in the evolution scientifically. where it started from was the earliest humans were the ones that were largely subjugated by nature. they are at nature's mercy. technology played a major role. in the last 200 -- last 2000 years or so we have been humans 2.0, humans living in relatively -- in relative harmony with each other. humans 3.0 is i think where anthropologists call it. a that is where human start to affect the nature. our environment and own biology through technology. there is a debate when that started. some say the industrial revolution, others say it is more recent, the digital revolution. what ever the case we are certainly in the midst of it now where we are developing things like -- we are getting really into buyer engineering and narrow science. -- and neuroscience. -- into bioengineering and neuroscience. i developed more complex ideas of what humans 3.0 is. once it went through all these various different c

visit ncicap.org] announcer: peter nowak says we are in a new era of robotics technology. 2015 was the year of robot angst. now one day went by where i didn't hear a story about how robots are stealing jobs from humans. the thing -- the point that i think is missed is that every prior revolution or advancement in automation has resulted in better jobs for humans. we are worried about them taking our jobs and we have a hard time imagining what we will be doing even 10 years from now. i think that history has shown that we will figure out a way to combine with robots to create new jobs that were previously unimaginable. announcer: the new congressional directory is a guide to the 114th congress, with photos of every senator and house member with content information and twitter handles. order your copy today. through the c-span online store. announcer: this weekend, jeff duncan cohosted the south carolina freedom summit in greenville. the event includes several presidential hopefuls. next, remarks from rubio cruise, and carly fiorina. this is under 1.5 hours. [applause] ♪ sen. duncan: wow

. >> this is peter nowak of toronto canada. "humans 3.0

tonight on "the communicators," at this year's consumer electronics show we met up with author peter nowak who says we are in a new phase of human development and through robots and other technology, we're likely to enhance the human condition. >> robots i think is an especially interesting one because 2014 i think was the year of robot angst. i don't know if i could -- a day went by i didn't see some kind of story about how robots are stealing jobs from humans and that we're all going to end up out of work. it's on a daily basis you hear stories about here is a robot that's a better bartender than humans, a better waiter or waitress than humans and so on and so on. the thing that i find -- the point i think gets missed a lot in that is that every prior revolution or advance in automation has actually resulted in better jobs for humans. we're really worried about the robots taking our jobs and we're having a hard time imagining what we're actually going to be doing not just 200 years from now but even 10 years from now. i think that history has shown that we will figure out a way to combin

. >> host: this is peter nowak of toronto, canada. humans 3 .0 is his most recent book t

>> monday night on the communicators, at this year's consumer electronics show, we met up with peter nowak says we are in a new phase of human development and through robots and other technology we are likely to enhance the human condition. >> robots i think is an interesting one. in 2014 was the year of robot angst. i don't think there was a day that went by that i didn't do a story about how robots will do human jobs and we will all end up out of work. here is a robot that is a better are tender than humans, better waiters and humans. the thing that i find -- the point that i think is missed in that is that every prior revolution or advance in automation has resulted in better jobs for humans. we are really worried about robots taking our jobs and have a hard time i think that history has shown that we will figure out a way to combine with the robots to create new jobs that are previously unimaginable. >> monday night on "the communicators" on the c-span2. >> david cameron remarks on thursday's election results. and then ceremonies in britain and germany celebrating the end of world war

free and the home of the brave ♪ >> monday night on "the communicators" -- we met up with author peter nowake electronic medication slow -- show visit we are a new phase of development likely to enhance the human condition. >> robots are an especially interesting one because in 2014, i think it was the year of robot angst. i don't know the day when i that i didn't see some kind of story about how robots are stealing jobs from humans and we are all going to end up at work. here's a robot it's a better bartender, better waitress or waiter and so on. the thing i think that is missed a lot is every prior revolution or advance in automation has resulted in better jobs for humans. we are worried about the robots taking our jobs we're having a hard time imagining what we will be doing 10 years from now. history has shown we will figure out a way to combine with the robots to create new jobs that were previously unimaginable. >> at monday night on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> remarkable partnerships iconic women, their stories in "first ladies, the book." >> she said the portrait of washington

eastern >> monday night on the communicators, at this year's consumer electronics show we met up with peter nowak, who says we are in a new phase of human development and are likely to enhance the condition. peter: robots are an interesting one because in 2014 it was the year of robust angst. not a day went by way didn't see some kind of story about how robots are stealing jobs from humans and we are all going to end up out of work. you hear stories about here is a robot that is a better bartender than humans, here is a robot that is a better waiter than humans. the point that gets missed a lot is every prior revolution or advance in automation has resulted in better jobs or humans. we are really worried about robust taking our jobs and we have a hard time imagining what we are going to be doing not just 200 years from now but even 1000 years from now. history has shown we will figure out a way to combine with robots to create new jobs that were previously unimaginable. >> remarkable partnerships iconic women, their stories and first ladies -- their stories in first ladies the book. >> whoever co

. >> here on c-span2, the "the communicators" are next with peter nowak talking about his book "humans.0." and then later talking about terrorist groups and social media. and a look at child nutrition programs and their impact on local communities. >> c-span2, created by america's cable's company 35 years ago and brought to you as a local cable or satellite provider. this week on the "the communicators" we

. >> tonight on "the communicators" this year's consumer electronic show we met up with peter nowak who says we are in the a new phase of computer development and through robots and other technology we are likely to enhance the human condition. like robots is interesting because 2014 i think the year of robot angst. i don't know if it day went by when i did see some kind of story for how robots ours really jobs from humans and how we will all end up out of work. on a daily basis you hear about a robot that is a better bartender, better waiter. so on and so one. the thing that i find that a point -- that a point gets missed that every prior revolution or advance in automation has resulted in better jobs for humans. we are really worried about the human -- robots taking our jobs, we have a hard time imagining what we are going to be doing not just 200 years but 10 years from now. i think history has shown we will figure out a way to combine with the robots to create new jobs, again, that were previously unimaginable. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> if you

. >>> tonight on the communicateors communicators, we met up with author peter nowak who says we are on a new phase of human development and through robots and other technology, likely to enhance the human condition. >> robots is an especially interesting one, because 2014 i think was the year of robot angst. i don't know if a day went by i didn't see a story how robots are stealing jobs from humans, and we're all going to end up out of work on a daily basis. you hear here is one that's better bartender better way teriter or waitress. the point that i think that's missed in that is that every prior revolution or advance in automation has actually resulted in better jobs for humans. we are really worried about the robots taking our jobs and having a hard time imagining what we're going to be doing not just 200 years from now but even 10 years from now. i think that history has shown that we will figure out a way to combine with robots to create new jobs again that were previously unimaginable. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on cspan2. >>> a number of republican 2016 presidential candidate

. " ♪ >> tonight, on the communicators, at this year's consumer electronics show we met up with peter nowak we are in a new phase of human development through robots and other technology. >> robots is an especially interesting one because in 2014 i think was the year of robot and asked. i do not know a day went by when i did not see some kind of story about how robots are stealing jobs by humans and we will all and up out of work. you hear stories here is a robot that is a better bartender than humans. the thing that i find, the point that i think is missed a lot is that every prior revolution or advance in automation has actually resulted in better jobs for humans. we were really worried about the robots taking our jobs and are having a hard time imagining what we will be doing not just 200 years from now but just 10 years from now. i think history has shown that we will figure out a way to combine with the robots to create new jobs again, that were previously unimaginable. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> here are a few of the book festivals we will be coveri