on friday, we are back in washington dc, where venture catalyst scott hartley will talk about the cultural divide in the tech industry. on saturday, we will be at the public library in janesville, wisconsin, for a talk from amy goldstein. her book looks at the devastation caused by the closing of a gm plant in a counter in the great recession. that's a look at some of the events of book tv will cover this week and many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span2. >> so, i was just biding my time waiting and then a friend of mine was into youtube and youtube management. youtube in 2010 in egypt and the arab world was just what we see from other people we didn't have reasonable arabic content at that time ticked that sounds weird to think of, but we didn't have anything originally made for youtube, just like bits and pieces taken from other countries, so he said like why don't we-- he wanted to produce original content and he came to me in 2010 and a said why don't you write something and he came to me because first of all i am french

. >> on friday we are back in washington dc where venture capitalists scott hartley will talk about the cultural divide in the tech industry and on saturday, we will be at hedberg public library in janesville wisconsin for a talk by pulitzer prize winning reporter amy goldstein. her book gainesville looks at the devastation caused by the closing of a gm plant in the town during the great recession. look at some of the events book tv will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span2.>>. >> shame on you. [inaudible conversation] >> we're going to get started. so if people could take their seats, that would be terrific. so welcome to hoover dc, my name is ben witness . i'm sorry, okay. my name is ben witness, and the cochair of the working group on technology and national security and law. my other life, i'm a fellow at the brookings institution and i'm run law fair with partners with hoover on these high events. for those of you who have been to these before, i just want to give you a little heads up. wer

on friday were back in washington dc where venture capitalists, scott hartley will talk about the cultural divide in the tech industry. and on saturday will be at hedberg public library in janesville wisconsin for a talk with pulitzer prize-winning reporter amy goldstein. her book looks at the devastation caused by the closing of the gm plant during the great recession. that's a look at some of the events of book tv will be covering this week and many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the new theater on book tv on c-span two. >> i wrote this book in the haze of depression. not that occupy was depression, i found it invigorating but this was written after that and at that time in 2011 me and some folks created a show living in form and looking at socially engaged art or politically engaged art from around the world. particularly, the artist artist blurring the space between art and life. while working on that show i was very aware of a different show that i wasn't doing in the show i was doing was people trying to make the world a better place. i knew there was

. >> on friday we are back in washington dc where venture capitalists scott hartley will talk about the cultural divide in the tech industry and on saturday, we will be at hedberg public library in janesville wisconsin for a talk by pulitzer prize winning reporter amy goldstein. her book gainesville looks at the devastation caused by the closing of a gm