Thomas Friedman
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Thomas Friedman is a prominent author and journalist known for his insights on globalization and technology's impact on society. This interview reveals his ability to envision transformative futures and engage audiences around complex geopolitical issues.
“Exactly. So they have to take it down. And I interview the mayor and the CTO and the town manager about this. They're all telling me the story. And the CTO, it's all in the book, but he had a heart attack over this, ultimately.”
“That was coming next A number of other The mood of the country government moves at the speed of trust. I didn't say that, but somebody smarter than me. But whenever you saw it, and what does it tell you? It tells you that really what the American people feel is we've been children of two permanently divorcing parents.”
“I stepped back and said, wait a minute, we had three hundred thousand troops in Europe for fifty years because we thought Europe is the other great center of democratic capitalism, was a strategic asset for the United States. Literally our wingman in the world.”
“Has been eroded steadily for the last So, I'm a huge fan of something that President Obama, I thought, stimulated very well. I like these race to the top programs. Say, I don't know where this is going, but we need to think about how we build more jobs around Heart.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 114 - Thomas Friedman
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