. >>> up next a discussion on technology politics and society with journalist kara swisher and sam altman. this was held at manny's. >> so we are going to kind of move chronologically here i want you guys for those in the audience that haven't been to conversations with me already and haven't met you talk a little bit about the utopia that the early technologists were thinking about when they thought about how technology and the world wide web would interact with politics. what did people think was going to happen with intersection of tech and politics? >> well i don't think they were thinking at all, i think that one of, a lot of things get written after people become billionaires or after they become successful. but having been there at the very beginning actually, lived in washington i worked for the washington post when the internet was actually born, not when it was born because it was there before the government entity was commercialized for the first time is when they and they released it and there was legislation which i covered and actually al gore, that's how i met al gore becau

. >> endo, a discussion on technology, politics, and society, with open ai chair, sam altman, and technology journalist, karen swisher. this took place at many, a san francisco lens that hosts civic events. it is just under 90 minutes. >> so we are going to kind of move chronologically a little bit here, and i want you guys, for those in the audience that is not been to conversations with me already, and have not met you, talk a little bit about the utopia that the early technologists were thinking about when they thought about how technology and the worldwide web would interact with politics. what did people think was going to happen with the intersection of tech and politics? >> i'm in, construct, i did not think they thought at all. i think they thought they knew what they were doing, and i think, a lot of things get written after people become billionaires, or after they become successful. but, having been the very beginning,, living in washington, i worked in the washington post, when the internet was actually born, not when it was born, because it was there before as a government entit

. >>> up next a discussion on technology politics and society with journalist kara swisher and sam altman. this was held at manny's.

. >>> up next a discussion on technology politics and society with journalist kara swisher and sam altman. this was held at manny's. >> so we are going to kind of move chronologically here i want you guys for those in the audience that haven't been to conversations with me already and haven't met you talk a little bit about the utopia that the early technologists were thinking about when they thought about how technology and the world wide web would interact with politics. what did people think was going to happen with intersection of tech and politics? >> well i don't think they were thinking at all, i