proost said something in a book that no one reads. [laughter] and the book is called on reading. have you read it? [laughter] even should read this book. it's extraordinary. but one of the passages that is most memorable for me is he talks about more than any neuroscientist or educator, what is at the heart of reading? we feel quite truly that our wisdom begins with the knowledge of the author. that which is the end of their wisdom appears to us as but the beginning of ours. i believe that our children who are becoming inoured to what -- inyou ared o -- inured to what we might call continuous detention in what they read, there is a danger in them for the medium propensities to make them more and more superficial readers which is the last thing we want. so my real question is how can we create a truly biliterate plane? how can we create deep readers? how can we use all our intelligence to preserve what is best in that expert reading brain as we move to the advantages of this -- [inaudible] thank you. [applause] >> robert, you're up next. robert? >> yes? >> you're next. >> i'm next