A discussion about emerging technologies with Esther Dyson

with Esther Dyson
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on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 * * * * *

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A discussion about emerging technologies with Esther Dyson of EDventure.

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    1. j diego r  07/10/2008 08:27 PM Report

      another one of them cute lil Jewish ladies in our midst - God bless em. she grew her hair out too - that's what i like to see! It does take about twenty minutes for her to say anything of real substance tho

    2. Tatyana  10/20/2007 08:40 PM Report

      it is interesting that the discussions about genes and the way they could be analyzed reminded me some of the discussions/research topics within advanced diagnostic groups at automotive companies: lots of signals come out of the car, combination of which ones will cause the fault and when, and also you need to consider other factors, such as the weather and driving conditions... fascinating!

    3. Brazil  09/04/2007 12:02 AM Report

      Charlie,

      At the end of your interview with Esther Dyson - Thank you for asking that particular question to Ms. Dyson - Are our best years behind us? (meaning the United States as a country)

      She stopped to think for a second, then she answered: "Yes."

      .

    4. Brazil  09/03/2007 11:57 PM Report

      Charlie,

      Thank you for asking that question to Ms. Dyson

      - Are our best years behind us? (meaning the United States as a country)

      She stopped to think for a second, then she answered: "Yes."

      .

    5. David Wells  08/20/2007 12:28 AM Report

      Will somebody please decode Esther Dyson's body language because she sure looks like a palm reader I saw last week.

    6. Paul Escobar  08/18/2007 08:52 PM Report

      To Aaron:

      There may have been a question mark at the end of Charlie's blurt...but anyone would recognize that is was a sly comment.

      The tone of his voice had such glee, it was as if his inner "Friedman" was let out to play.

      Your description about Dyson is correct though. She'd be the first to praise the private sector, and ignore the crucial public sector.

      But her statement should make people take notice. The private sector is not the innovator. It refuses to invest the VAST amount of money that's needed to create things like "the computer" and "the internet".

      The public bears the cost. Our tax-dollars created the internet and the computer. Through STATE defense department research...and STATE partnerships with universities.

      Once the hard work is done, corrupt governmnets hand over OUR treasure to the private sector. This is a fleecing of Americans. And the private sector owes us more than slick commercials and limited access. They owe us universal access, that makes up for all the funding WE put in through our taxes.

    7. Steve Yakoban  08/18/2007 02:37 PM Report

      The Dyson interview was about 35 minutes of my life I wish I could get back (I couldn't handle anymore and shut it off). I think she is past her prime regarding net technology, basically saying nothing new that almost anyone with a passing understanding of the net doesn't know. Anyone who thinks a Paypal donation button is going to have a significant impact on funding (even a PBS) TV show is really missing something. Get Robert Cringely on the show if you want to know what's really going on in technology and the web.

    8. Aaron  08/17/2007 04:12 PM Report

      Response To Paul Escobar: To me, Charlie clearly asked a question: ~would the internet have been better if commercial guys showed up sooner and you'll see Esther answers him directly: "yes, well"~ the private sector doesn't invest that much money and Esther originally brought up the idea that the internet really started to happen when the private sector got involved, not Charlie. So it's 26 mintues in the program, watch it and make up your own mind.

    9. Sarah Wong  08/17/2007 02:03 PM Report

      Charlie, your website will be an effective tool to raise funds for your program. You have so many loyal fans. Your show is so good because of your hard work, and you constantly try to make it better, and of course your capable staff you employed. Before you have this website, if I missed any of your show, there was no way to catch up. Now I don't have to worry about it. I just go to your site and watch the video. Go for it! Good luck!

    10. Paul Escobar  08/17/2007 08:24 AM Report

      Did anyone catch Charlie Rose blubbering that the internet should have been privatized...before it was even invented?

      That blurt says alot about Charlie Rose. It also explains why Thomas Friedman is on the show every week. While Joseph Stiglitz, Ha-Joon Chang, and Noam Chomsky rarely appear.

      The guest (Dyson) explained to Charlie why that couldn't have been so.

      The private sector is not an innovator. The public sector is.

      The dynamic public sector bears all the risks. It puts in the dedication and funding that creates things like the computers and the internet.

      Then corrupt governments hand it over to the private sector. A private sector that limits access in order to gain maximum profit...not universal access.

      A good interview about this public sector role in the American economy: http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/19980506.htm

    11. Michael  08/16/2007 05:51 PM Report

      Geez, Dyson spit it out already!!

      Charlie, please let her finish talking.

    12. Bob E  08/16/2007 01:06 PM Report

      Please have her on more frequently. I enjoyed her so.

    13. tevo durham  08/16/2007 01:21 AM Report

      just a tough "cookie" reminder: Dick Cheney does not have email. (and we know it ain't cuz he is a fossil guzzling dinosaur)

      Martha Stewart became a felon -in part- because she mea culpa'd herself when her email log was reviewed and the guilty email she tried to alter was revealed. As Esther said, if the very government Dick Cheney is working within decide they "need" some internet captured info, Google or whomever holds it has to pour it over. Technology is it's own risk and reward.

      Ms. Dyson, if you are reading these posts I think eventful.com could be more visually inviting.

    14. Reggie is edgy  08/15/2007 11:43 PM Report

      What's with all the posturing? Personally, I didn't think she was so hot in the beginning. Then she started to Sound more sagacious towards the end. More often than not I thought "spit it out!" but then Charlie actually said it. A comely lass with a good head on her, nonetheless.It was obvious she is currently only concentrating on current internet technologies rather than Biology or Cosmology. In passing she mentioned she was taking up space...

    15. Faraz Hussain  08/15/2007 05:01 PM Report

      Great interview with lots of practical observations on the future of internet technology. Charlie Rose can put a paypal donation button on his site, but I wouldnt count on it for generating any siginificant revenue. I have a few on sites I run, and I am lucky if I get 10% what I expect to get! People nowadays want everything for free. I think the world is evolving into global sharing, rather than global trading.

    16. chris macrae  08/15/2007 04:21 PM Report

      Esther is brilliant on the wrong end of the stick that other gurus or broadcast media get on privacy, and why its increasingly likely that India will be the salvation of the internet, open education and above zero sum quality service business entrepreneurship people the world over need.

    17. John G  08/15/2007 03:47 PM Report

      I too was surprised to hear you are not funded in part by PBS or WNET. I recently moved from NYC and was wondering who to support... the local PBS, or WNET since your program is the principal thing I watch on public television. Charlie, I'd love to be able to support you directly. Especially given this mighty website you maintain for us all. Let us know how, and thank you for your journalism!

    18. nat irvin  08/15/2007 03:42 PM Report

      The doyenne of the future continues to be one of the most fascinating minds to listen to. Dyson has a remarkable way of illuminating issues of our time e.g. privitazation and access; why some companies succeed and others don't. ideas about education and learning...she always leaves me thinking better... bravo charlie rose.

    19. pat merino  08/15/2007 02:13 PM Report

      As long as we only value $, education , excuse me, real learning will always be incidental. I work with a number of graduate students from India at an engineering college. I won't argue that they are interested in getting a high paying job, particularly in the USA. But what always strikes me is not only their respect for their professors and learning institution but more importantly their insistence or stress upon the importance of learning for the sake of knowledge, not just for grades or a requirement on their resume.

      What I really want to make note of, is that I never realized that you function totally independently financially. I know you and others make mention during the Fund Drives but I had assumed that WNET shouldered the major portion of support and each program/programmer helped add to the station/their program. I'm a bit relieved also. I am saddened that Tavis has WAL-MART as a supporter. Necessity vs. principles. I'm glad to see and know that WAL-MART is not necessarily a supporter of all programs on WNET. Seems as if Esther gave you good advice and if you get your web fund drive going you'll be set $. I just think you need to clearly communicate the reason/financial independence issue. And then share the secrets of your $ success with Tavis so that he can free himself of unsavory benefactors.

    20. kathleen  08/15/2007 12:21 PM Report

      was riveted and challenged. While I agree there are altruistic uses of webspace, the underlying paranoia(justifiable from past and current examples)rearing its nose from "monitoring" victims still demands a tighter protection for the individual-regardless of the societal conversion to a onemind presence in espace

    21. Chris Free  08/15/2007 07:30 AM Report

      what incentive does anyone have to pursue science?

      respecting education assumes we value the

      outcome of the educational process;

      having a well educated burger flipper

      not only disrespects the value of education

      but tends toward a future where the service

      sector accounts for enough of a nations

      economic activity that it continually blocks

      a budding scientist's view of the stars --

      the fault, dear brutus, ...

    22. Chis Free  08/15/2007 01:16 AM Report

      dear mr. rose -- paypal, eventful, youtube,

      facebook, linkedin, craigslist, and

      general google seo are all ways to begin

      raising money for your organization.

    23. Jeremiah V. Parunak  08/15/2007 01:07 AM Report

      respect for education is long over due. we can not educate sicentists to compete with outsourcing if our intelligent population is not educated. "respect education", not "respect persons educated". we must acknowledge that our best years as of present are behind (with respect to what Ms. Dyson had said) us and that Americans must work to get ahead for the future to be our best years.

    24. Chris Free  08/15/2007 12:40 AM Report

      educate as many scientist as you like;

      respect them all you like; give them

      presence all you like; if companies

      continue to outsource scientific talent

      for cheaper salaries overseas both our

      products and our future will be exported.

      respect for our science is proportional

      to the dollars spent on our scientists.

    25. Chris Free  08/15/2007 12:35 AM Report

      bad "pr" is not the overriding concern

      as google collects our private data

      or cookies are given to our browsers --

      no matter how benign these technologies

      are described and dismissed there is

      some amount of privacy concerns beyond

      simply bad press.

      the concerns are what data is being exchanged,

      who has the data, who is sharing the data,

      who has access to the data, and for how long.