>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS AN AUTHOR, "NEW YORK TIMES"
COLUMNIST, AND THREE-TIME PULITZER PRIZE WINNER.
PLEASE WELCOME, THOMAS L.
FRIEDMAN!
♪ WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE
♪ WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE ♪
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: IT'S LIKE OLD HOME WEEK, HAVEN'T TALKED IN A LONG
TIME, MR. "WORLD IS FLAT," MR. "GLOBALIZATION."
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE WE GET ON TO YOUR BOOK HERE.
THE IDEA THAT RUSSIA HAS USED CYBER WARFARE TO INTERVEER WITH
OUR ELECTION OVER HERE AND THE RUMORS THAT HAVE BEEN
PROMULGATED, EVEN BY THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, THAT
DONALD TRUMP MIGHT BE UNDER THE THUMB OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
DO YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON THAT IN ANY WAY, THOMAS L.
FRIEDMAN.
>> I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT STRUCK ME, STEPHEN, LISTENING TO YOUR
OPENING, TRUMP MIGHT BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT WHO HAS TO
RECUSE HIMSELF FROM DEALING WITH THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
YOU REALLY DO WONDER HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT AT THEIR FIRST
MEETING.
AND THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP IS SO WEIRD IN THE SENSE THAT THIS ALL
STARTED, STEPHEN, WITH PUTIN THINKING HILLARY WAS GOING TO
WIN, AND HE HATED HILLARY, SO TO TWEAK HER, HE PRAISED TRUMP, AND
TRUMP CAME BACK AND SAID, "THAT GUY LIKES ME.
I THINK HE'S OKAY, TOO.
HE'S A STRONG LEADER.
I'D BE A STRONG LEADER, TOO, IF I ELIMINATED ALL MY OPPONENTS
WITH POISON-TIPPED EXWRAELS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
YOU CAN BE STRONG.
AND THE THING HAS SORT OF CASCADED NOW TO THE POINT WHERE
YOU REALLY WONDER, TRUMP SAID HE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH RUSSIA.
I'M ALL FOR WORKING WITH RUSSIA.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO FIGHT ISIS AND SYRIA.
RUSSIA'S ALLIES FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA ARE HEZBOLLAH, IRAN, AND
JIHADISTS FROM CENTRAL ASIA.
ARE WE GOING TO BE ALLIES WITH THEM?
AND IT'S WHY, STEPHEN, WHEN I LISTEN TO HIM, YOU ALWAYS FEEL
LIKE THERE'S NO SECOND PARAGRAPH.
THERE'S ALWAYS JUST THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.
BUT HE HASN'T THOUGHT AROUND THE CORNER, YOU KNOW
( APPLAUSE ).
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>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY?
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY?
BECAUSE ISN'T IT THE PRESS' JOB TO GET TO THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH,
TO SAY OKAY WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF WHAT YOU JUST
SAID?
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT IT WITH ANY ACTION OR ANY PLAN?
I HEARD A LOT OF FIRST PARAGRAPHS BUT NO PLANS BEYOND
ANYTHING.
HE WAS ASKED HOW DO YOU REPLACE OBAMACARE?
"IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT."
>> "WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE LINES" I THINK I RECALL, BETWEEN THE STATES.
THIS IS WHAT I WORRIED ABOUT HIM FROM THE VERY DPING BECAUSE ALL
WE'VE HEARD FROM HIM NOW-- TRUMP TWEET EXPAWLG OF THIEVES
THINGS-- IT HAS ONE CHARACTER BEFORE YOU'RE PRESIDENT, BUT
BEGINNING ON JANUARY 20, THAT'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TWEETING, TWEETING AT NORTH KOREA, TWEETING ABOUT
RUSSIA, TWEETING ABOUT PUTIN.
AND THAT HAS WHOLLY DIFFERENT IMPLICATION S.
>> Stephen: DO YOU IMAGINE THAT WILL CHANGE?
>> BOY, I HOPE SO.
I MEAN -- >> DO YOU WANT TO LAY A BET?
>> OH!
>> Stephen: NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS TO BE
ANXIOUS ABOUT, OR TO BE HAPPY ABOUT-- I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE
YET.
YOU'VE GOT A NEW BOOK CALLED "THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE:AN
OPTIMIST'S GUIDE FOR THRIVING IN THE AGE OF ACCELERATION."
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE AGE OF ACCELERATION?
ARE WE IN IT RIGHT NOW?
>> THE BOOK ARGUE WIERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE EXPONENTIAL
ACCELERATIONS, THE MARKET, MOTHER NATURE, AND MOORE'S LAW.
MOTHER NATURE, CLIMATE CHANGE, IF YOU FUT ON A GRAPH, IT LOOKS
LIKE A HOCKEY STICK.
THE MARKET FOR ME IS DIGITAL GLOBALIZATION.
EVERYTHING IS BEING DIGITALIZED, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, PAYPAL.
>> Stephen: THE INTERNET OF THINGS.
>> ALL OF THAT.
AND MOORE'S LAW, COINED BY GORDON MOORE, SAID THE SPEED IN
POWER MICROCHIPS WILL DOUBLE IN ROUGHLY 24 MONTHS.
IT'S NOW ABOUT 30, BUT IT'S KEPT UP.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE THREE ACCELERATIONS.
I TELL THE STORY OF INTEL TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE POWER OF
ACCELERATION IN TECHNOLOGY.
THEY TOOK THE 1971 W.V. BEATLE AND SAID WHAT IN THIS CAR
IMPROVED AT THE SAME RATE MICROCHIPS HAVE OVER THE LAST 52
YEARS.
THEY DETERMINED THAT CAR WOULD GO 300,000 MILES AN HOUR.
IT WOULD GET TWO MILLION MILES A GALLON AND COST FOUR CENT.
SO THAT'S THE POWER OF THE EXPONENTIAL THAT'S REALLY
DRIVING ALL THE TECHNOLOGY FORWARD.
>> Stephen: HOW DO WE SURVIVE IN IT, THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN.
>> WHAT I REALLY ARGUE FOR IN THE BOOK AND THE REASON THE BOOK
NENDZ MINNESOTA, WHERE I GREW UP, IS FINDING A WAY TO ANCHOR
YOURSELF IN THE WORLD.
THE BOOK ACTUALLY, STEPHEN, IS THE CELEBRATION OF EVERYTHING
OLD AND SLOW.
IT ARGUES -- >> LIKE CROCK POTS, SLOW
COOKING?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
IT REALLY ARGUES THAT I THINK EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS TODAY IS
ACTUALLY ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN'T DOWNLOAD.
IT'S THE STUFF YOU HAVE TO UPLOAD THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY,
ONE HUMAN BEING TO HONOR.
( APPLAUSE ) ONE OF MY FAVORITE --
>> LIKE WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING, GET OFF THE INTERNET AND
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY.
>> LISTENING TO THAT REMINDED ME I HAVE A QUOTE IN THE BOOK FROM
OUR SURGEON GENERAL, AN AMAZING GUY.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS THE MOST PREVALENT DISEASE IN
AMERICA, CANCER, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE?
HE SAID IT'S NONE OF THOSE.
IT'S ACTUALLY ISOLATION.
WE'RE IN THE MOST CONNECTED AGE IN HISTORY AND THE SURGEON
GENERAL SAYS THE THING THAT IS REALLY AILING SO MANY PEOPLE IS
THE SENSE OF BEING DISCONNECTED.
AND THE BOOK REALLY-- THE BOOK HAS A KIND OF THEME SONG.
I'M A BIG FAN OF BRANDY CARLISLE.
AND THE SONG IS CALLED "THE EYE."
I WRAP MY LOVE AROUND THE FRAME, YOU CAN DANCE IN A HURRICANE,
BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE EYE."
I THINK TRUMP IS SELLING A WALL TO THE HURRICANE, AND I'M
ARGUING FOR AN EYE, THAT'S THE HEALTHY COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE
CAN BE ANCHORED IN THE WORLD, FEEL CONNECTED, PROTECTED, AND
RESPECTED AND I THINK POLITICS HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR
THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS GOING TO BE REALLY A BATTLE BETWEEN THE
WALL PEOPLE AND THE EYE PEOPLE.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK.
I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE BOOK IS "THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE."
THE MAN IS THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY.