and begin manufacturing the most state of the art weaponry to give them to the Vietnamese soldiers. Diem thought this was a fabulous idea, and that's where it all began.Now what's fascinating is these are in the early years of the Kennedy presidency.
"I can't complain, a few creaky joints. Carpe diem , that's what I say.
"I can't complain, a few creaky joints. Carpe diem every single goddamn day.
really matter, and giving up this impossible struggle to sort of be infinite with respect to time, as opposed to this kind of very exhausting and rather stressful kind of carpe diem approach, which you do see in popular culture, and which I think ultimately is actually just another form of the attitude that I'm criticizing in the book.
And ARPA was sent in to take care of this. In President Diem there in the front, we had a person who was very interested in technology, and Johnson was sent by Kennedy to make a deal with Diem that we would create some weapons facilities in Saigon
I was like, America's full of strip clubs, really awesome strip clubs-- like, the best strip clubs in-- no. So per diem is basically food money to eat, and take cabs, and whatever.
So as a leader, just understanding it can be done in small, easy, free, intentional ways, just like I did, is part of this. So Connor Diemand-Yauman, he's the co-CEO of Merit America. He teaches with us.
The sort of high contrast pattern on the side facing has a role in various cephalopod behaviors as a kind of sometimes called a diematic display. The idea is you show this to a predator and it might startle the predator.
In President Diem there in the front, we had a person who was very interested in technology, and Johnson was sent by Kennedy to make a deal with Diem that we would create some weapons facilities in Saigon and begin manufacturing the most state of the art weaponry to give them to the Vietnamese soldiers.
reformers, and social entrepreneurs. His books, including "Empathy," "The Wonder Box," and "Carpe Diem Regained," have been published in over 20 languages. Interesting fact-- this is Roman's second time giving a Talks at Google.
I was like, America's full of strip clubs, really awesome strip clubs-- like, the best strip clubs in-- no. And he sent me to London for a costume fitting, and he refused to give me what's called "per diem ."
We were looking for some action, also known as trouble, as young man often do. And it wasn't until, like the last year that we got-- in 1976, we got $25 a day per diem , which was-- you get a lot for $25.
Conan O'Brien: So you know what I mean? Who knows? So, you know -- seize the day, carpe diem . I hate it when people say that. I just wanted to work it in.