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Benjamin Schmidt, we want to thank you so much for for joining us to share that insight and perspective here on DW. We
Eric Schmidt, at the time, was CEO, and Sergey and Larry were in the room.
Eric Schmidt? No. Nobody like that.
Eric Schmidt did a very nice job on Barack Obama.
Eric Schmidt or Sergey brim or Sundar right they're the person that literally props up the entire event and so tenple
Eric Schmidt, he famously said, Google is a decapitalistic company.
Eric Schmidt: Well, good morning. Good morning, everyone.
Eric Schmidt: So had you joined Google as it was founded?
Eric Schmidt: So you went from Stanford -- basically, you grew up in Texas, and you went -- >>Sect. Julian Castro: In San Antonio.
Eric Schmidt: Which surprisingly, you went back to. So I want to explore that.
Eric Schmidt: Right? Good. You went from -- and I'm joking, obviously.
Eric Schmidt: And people said -- listen to him.
Eric Schmidt: So how do people make it? How do they get by in this situation?
Eric Schmidt: Is that true? >>Sect. Julian Castro: Let's start with a baseline of, we need more resources to be invested in affordable housing. And because
Eric Schmidt: There's a large amount of public housing, often very old, in America.
Eric Schmidt: How does somebody live on $12,500?
Eric Schmidt: What I remember when you first called on this was the observation that many of these housing units are reasonably dense, they're reasonably vertical. So they're particularly
Eric Schmidt: We would certainly take the position that more -- that allowing a space for innovation, right, is key. Because innovation is how companies are formed, jobs are created,
Eric Schmidt: Very popular. >>Sect. Julian Castro: Yeah. He got about 40% of the vote. So it's possible.
Eric Schmidt: No political conversation is finished without bringing up Donald Trump's name. So one theory of what's going on goes something
Eric Schmidt: You grew up in a tough environment. You went to the best schools and so forth.
Eric Schmidt: Maybe we should move to questions from the audience as well as we have some submitted questions which we call the Dory. So we can start with one. And if -- There's
-- >>Eric Schmidt: Really?
Eric Schmidt: But was this just an industry lobbying effort that -- I mean, sounds to me like you have a municipal asset and people are telling you you can't use it.
Eric Schmidt: Not Google. >>Sect. Julian Castro: No. It was not Google.
Eric Schmidt: Next question is, FCC defiance broadband as 25 megabits, giving close to $10 billion of carriers to speed up deployment of Internet service to rural America. ISPs
Eric Schmidt: Can you make sense of this? >>Sect. Julian Castro: Yeah, I mean, to go to this point, from my experience in San Antonio, that -- at least that case did not make a
Eric Schmidt: Yes, sir. >>> Hi. Thank you very much for being here.
Eric Schmidt: It might be.
Eric Schmidt: Diversity is a clear strength, right, is the common message here.
Eric Schmidt: As a follow-up, do you -- I imagine these are people where life just doesn't work. So they have an addiction problem, they have a health problem, a woman with children
Eric Schmidt: Ma'am, you'll have the honor of the last question.
Eric Schmidt, our CEO, has been dedicated to this, has been the leader of this, and has made this place a fantastic
Eric Schmidt and I serve together on the Mayo Clinic board.
Eric Schmidt, at the 25th anniversary of the MIT Media Lab, said, hey, this equalizing content for all to learn
Eric Schmidt: I'd like to -- I'd like to begin by introducing Dr. Henry Kissinger. Let's roll the video.
Eric Schmidt: The -- in your book -- Let's start by saying, you know, in your book, you talk about the Westphalian system. I didn't know what the Westphalian system was. But
Eric Schmidt: So all of us are very excited about globalization and, in particular, the rise of two billion people going from poverty into middle class, mostly in Asia. And, for
Eric Schmidt: As you know, China has a different view of the digital world than America. And
Eric Schmidt: If the point is past where we can prevent it, then does it necessarily
Eric Schmidt: Right. >>Dr. Henry Kissinger: How does Juan conceive Russia? And even if one disagrees with my particular interpretation of it, one has to
Eric Schmidt: The math on nuclear weapons is so horrific for the environment, pollution, economics, human life, even in the areas that are not part of the conflict zone, that it
Eric Schmidt: At Google, we like to hear.
Eric Schmidt: Yes. There are many people on that list, Dr. Kissinger.
Eric Schmidt: So the answer is, go up to a higher level of understanding and meaning?
Eric Schmidt: I think we should -- we have another ten minutes or so. Why don't we take some audience questions. We have an internal system where people have
Eric Schmidt: Another question. This comes to this question of sort of principle versus negotiation. How can the United States normalize relationship
Eric Schmidt: So, in other words, tell them your world view and what you're trying to achieve? >>Dr. Henry Kissinger: Tell them, I am here