david, you're on with walter isaacson. >> caller: mr. am a new fan since i saw you on booktv the other day. if you'll indulge me for a moment, i'd like to make a quick comment to our friends in connecticut, scientists create technology social leaders and artists teach us what to do with the technology. >> guest: uh-huh. >> caller: i'd like to go on with my question. i feel much at least the last several millennia of human history have been about de-evolution of power from -- more to individuals. as we become more thoroughly interfaced with our technology, as we move toward becoming sigh borks, i guess how -- cyborgs i guess, how do we protect ourselves from losing our individual uniqueness in that process? >> guest: i think you answered your question in the very beginning of the statement which is it's the humanities and the arts that make us unique. one of the things about that alan turing movie, in the end he's a human. in the end, he has his own creativity. and so the end of the innovators, there's a chapter about this. i also did a le

. >> and now on "in depth" on booktv walter isaacson. the best selling author of several books including biographies of albert einstein benjamin franklin, steve jobs and henry kissinger took viewer questions for three hours. mr. isaacson is a former chairman and ceo of cnn chairman of the broadcasting board of governors and was the editor of "time." he currently serves as president and ceo of the aspen institute. >> host: so, walter isaacson what is theat link between avril hourlyman, ben franklin, steve jobs henry kissinger and adar can lovelace?: th >> guest: yeah, i think they're all create cannive minds, ander. that's what's intretted me throughout my career. to me, it's people who can come wound different disciplines like the arts and the sciences the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and make creative leaps of thet imagination. you know, we talk about innovation so often, it's almost drained of its meaning. and i've always like t to write about real people who are in a situation whether it with avril herriman after wor

our guest host this morning walter isaacson. doctor, 90.guarantee there's not going to be a full-on resurgence. we're at only 91% on measles, right? that's a frightening number. >> actually it's about 95% for herd immunity. this is where just because enough people are immunized, the virus cannot get a perch in the community. and yes, it's not good enough. and the united states lags in many other vaccine immunization rates. and i think we have to confront the fact we're not doing well. i spent a couple of years in global health where we're trying to encourage countries to immunize. when we don't meet our own words, it undermines our message worldwide. >> so what do we want policy makers to do? what is your suggestion? would you do the federal law for measles? now, not all vaccines are created equal, obviously. i don't know whether -- you know, if you do a federal law mandating one, i think you'd have to do each one on an individual basis probably. or is it enough for states to do with public schools? >> having states require it for enrollmen

. >> host: walter isaacson, what is the link between ben franklin, steve jobs, henry kissinger and ada >> guest: they're all creative minds and that interested me throughout my career. a lot of people write about sports heroes or literary figures, but to me it's people who can combine different discipline like the arts and sciences, the way ben franklin did, the way ada lovelace did and albert einstein. we talk about

please welcome ed williams and walter isaacson and matthew tanzer reno as our moderator. >> you got the middle seat. >> all right. i'm going to go about 15 minutes over time, time, just so you no. prepare yourself for know lunch. thank you for coming. appreciated. walter you have a new book coming out. it is called the innovators. it innovators. it is contractually obligated that i hold it up like this. it is a book that you started before you started writing about steve jobs. >> i started work on this book about 15 years ago, 20 years ago when i was doing digital media at finding and i was and i was surprised. i cannot figure out how the personal computer and the original mainframe peter started, who came up with a logical circuit motion and then how did the engine and develop. i thought, well it will be interesting to start gathering strength, while the people i have worked with bob and steve and bill who helped with the personal computer. instead of doing oral histories of interviews i put it aside when i ended up writing a book about steve jobs but that just made me more interested

we also heard from aspen institute president walter assess -- walter isaacson. this is one hour in 10 minutes. >> number one fan down there. very excited. i hope you guys all had a great week. they say that the best things in life are free, but we all know the most important thing in life is money. this guys -- this guy knows quite a bit. please welcome to the stage william ready. i was checking our old post and it looks like it has been about a year since we have held -- since you said it will acquire braintree. one year on, how's it going? >> it is going really well. a big part of it coming together was we had built a bunch of things that were around global payments -- global payments. we were working with next-generation companies. one premise for us is even though we were doing 14 billion plus in volume, we could get to a much eager audience and built on it that -- products that we had a harder time building on our own. our premise was easy access to a sophisticated payment process. it was really exciting then, and one year later we launched our

walter isaacson is here from the aspen institute. of "the innovators" along with sara eisen and "shark tank's" kevin o'leary. we're joined by larry mcdonald and steve grasso shortly. first, this was a huge week for the market. we'll start with bob pisani from the floor to wrap it up. >> and we did very well here. job growth and wage growth today was pretty good. tepid response. we had a huge response from the market earlier in the week. i just want to show how the indices moved. we went across the board, kelly. we're still settling out but russell 2000 up better than 3%. big cap s&p 500 and the midcap historic high yesterday, up 2.7%. the tone of the advance had a cyclical bias. look at the major sector this week. energy financials materials, consumer discretionary, industrials. these are terrific moves on the upside. again, all cyclicals. the defensive names, health care and consumer names lagged a bit. next week wall of worry, whether the greek time table might be pulled forward. they need to apply for an extension of that emergenc

and expected new will will be considered the real steve jobs by a thick is dead on arrival from walter isaacson a few good men money ball in the tv show west wing is being directed by danny boyle who directed some dog million and 28 days later train spotting in the 2012 london of the games' opening ceremonies to have some heavy hitters on this production is a lot of buzz about this movie is that there is a october night this fall and you can be a part of it to the applied to the extra and this movie log onto kron 4 got, and the to my tech page. >>reporter: more problems and the corrosion of sound on the new span of the bay bridge leaving caltrans stopped on what to do about it. a mid-air crash during air force training what happened after half of one jet wing sheared right off. coming up sunday night the giants will win the fourth four series in six seasons 101 would giants manager sunday night at 9 or after the news. my name is bret hembree. i am an electric crew foreman out of the cupertino service center. i was born and raised in the cupertino area. it's a fantastic area to work. the new tec

we will also hear from walter isaacson on his latest book, "the innovators."rt of last fall's techcrunch disrupt conference in san francisco. >> number one fan down there. very excited. i hope you guys all had a great break. they say that the best things in life are free, but we all know the most important thing in life is money. this guy knows quite a bit. please welcome to the stage, bill ready. >> i was checking our old techcrunch post and it looks like it has been about a year since paypal said it will acquire braintree. one year on, how's it going? >> it is going really well. a big part of it coming together was we had built a bunch of things that were around mobile payments. one premise for us is even though we were doing 14 billion plus in volume, we could get to a much larger audience and built on it that -- products that we had a harder time building on our own. it was really exciting then, and a year later, we launched a lot of other things. >> this is your fourth company. how is that different at this point in your career versus the earlier ones? >>

the walter isaacson book. a program i did with david kelly. who also had cancer and told me that steve told him, when david developed cancer, go get the toughest strongest treatment to can get. -- you can get. don't let yourself be fooled by alternative therapies. >> i think for those of us, it is in issue. people bring things to us. >> they pop up on the internet and everywhere else. there may very well be alternative therapies that have value. the point is, how you make sure you are not below the two -- l ulled into what might come under the umbra love to read >> some of them might help the individual get through. massage, acupuncture, mind-body approaches. nutrition is clearly key. where there is more controversy is the use of herbs. other compounds in that scope. there are side effects. they might not just work, they might cause toxicity. i have had experiences where well-meaning positions or friends have given an individual a specific herb to use income and nation with our therapy. they developed liver toxicity. -- well-meaning physicians

. >> because am, the walter isaacson book. b, a program i did with david kelly. also had cancer and told me that steve told him, when david developed cancer, go get the toughest, strongest treatment you can get. don't let yourself be fooled by alternative therapies. essentially. is that an issue? >> i think for those of us, it is in issue. because patients bring stuff to us. >> they pop up on the internet and everywhere else. the point of this conversation is not to say alternative therapies -- there may very well be alternative therapies that have value. the point is, how you make sure you are not lulled into being what might also come under the umbrella of alternative therapies. correct? >> some of the alternative therapies might be complementary, might help the individual get through. whether massage, acupuncture, mind-body approaches. nutrition is clearly key. in helping people deal with cancer at different stages. i think where there is more controversy is the use of herbs. or other compounds in that scope. because they are, -- they are, -- there there are s

we're supposed to have walter isaacson, but we we will have him later, former dhs secretary. i am the other cochair. is he here yet? no. members of the aspen homeland security group, members of the aspen security advisory council. i am also a member of that. i am a dhs groupie, and many current and former moment -- leaders of homeland security and many dear to me from past , lives. when secretary johnson was 1st nominated some did not no what to expect did not no how coming , from the defense department he would approach the broader homeland security mission. today, more than a year later no one would think twice about his. -- his leadership. secretary johnson has more than one the trust of washington, washington, law enforcement around the country end of his department staff. he is a rock star at this job. he has led dhs through challenges focusing on major strategic priorities like cyber, addressing the child migrant crisis, and first and foremost protecting the homeland against a very sophisticated terror threat. the threat that we face today is very different from the one

next is walter isaacson's history of the digital revolution. >> that is a look at the current nonfiction bestsellers according to the washington post. >> now more nonfiction authors and books on booktv. steven brill, the founder of courttv talks about the effectiveness of the affordable care act with dr. ezekiel emanuel. [inaudible conversations]

walter isaacson is here. and craig moffett is a research analyst at moffett. the point that because of what the fcc did yesterday, that the comcast time warner deal is likely to get approved now because the big behemoth people are worried about are not going to have quite the teeth. you were at 80 and then you went to 70. >> and then 60. >> and then to 60. where are you now? >> still at 60. you can easily make either argument. which tells you either argument doesn't add information value. but the first argument is that now that you have the regulatory backstop it makes it easier for the doj to approve the deal. the counterargument is no look. this is just emblematic of a really negative environment for cable and broadband providers right now. it's hard to see this deal getting approved. either of those is as convincing as the other. i tend to come out a little bit more on the side of the latter. and that's why we lowered the probabilities because you can see the political winds are blowing in the face of this deal. >> okay. but you haven't lowered since yester

[laughter] we are supposed to have the walter isaacson was the president and ceo of the aspen institutethe aspen homeland security group at ibm the co-chair. is michael you get? no. members of the aspen home and citigroup some of the market. nevers of the aspen security advisory council. i am also a member of that. i am a total dhs groupie. and many current and former leaders from homeland security, and many dear to me from past lives. when secretary johnson was first nominated, some didn't know what to expect didn't know how coming from the defense department, he would approach the broader homeland security mission. well today, a little more than a year later, no one would think twice about his leadership. secretary johnson has more than one the trust the washington, of law enforcement around the country, and that his department staff. he is a rock star at this job. he is led dhs through stiff challenges focusing on major strategic priority with mike cyber, dressing with compassion the child of migrant crisis. at first and foremost, protecting the homeland against a very sophisticated

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. >> and you know, ev isaacson's -- walter's book -- i'll call you walter for now, in his book, you knowhe mentions justin hall and the prototypical blogger and then your creation of blogger as a tool. and he doesn't use this analogy specifically and i'll probably get -- over it, but it seems like it is analogous to the printing press, where you have somebody in a castle who can afford to pay a bunch of scribes to translate the king james bible and the printing press comes along and anybody can print protest pliers in their basement. blogger essentially took the architectural knowledge out of the equation and just focused on people with things to say? >> yeah but i think walter makes a good point. the internet itself or the web was really the printing press. but it was the way i always describe blogging was it was finding one of the web's native forms. and it was -- people publishing people putting magazines and newspapers. but the blog was this native form that only made sense on the web. it took advantage of the fact that there is, you know, you could publish many times a day, there is