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The Power of Where
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Ralph welcomes back Jack Dangermond, co-founder of Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute), the leader in GIS mapping technology. They discuss his book, The Power of Where: A Geographic Approach to the World’s Greatest Challenges. Then John R. McArthur — journalist, author and publisher of Harper’s — returns to discuss a recent study by neuroscientists that concluded that students absorb and retain information better on paper than they do on screens and what this means for the future of education and society as a whole.
GUESTS:
Jack Dangermond, President of Esri, is recognized as one of the most influential people in the field of geographic information system (GIS) technology. Jack, along with his wife Laura, founded Esri in 1969. He is the author of The Power of Where: A Geographic Approach to the World’s Greatest Challenges.
John R. MacArthur is the president of Harper’s, a journalist, and the author of several books, including Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War.
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