Margaret O'Mara: What We Can Learn From History

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🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Margaret O’Mara is an expert on high-tech history and a Howard & Frances Keller Endowed Professor of History at the University of Washington. She received her BA in English and History from Northwestern University, and her MA and PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to her academic career, she was a staff member to President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, where she was a policy analyst – working on urban economic development, health care, and welfare reform. Margaret is the author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, which was a Financial Times and Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019. She is also the author of Cities of Knowledge, Pivotal Tuesdays, and the co-author to the college history textbook, The American Pageant. She is a frequent contributor to the Opinion page of The New York Times, and she has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, BBC World News, and PBS Frontline. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:48.2	I'm Guy Kawasaki.
0:50.3	This is remarkable people.
0:52.4	I'm on a mission to make you remarkable.
0:56.0	In this episode, Professor Margaret O'Mara is going to help me.
1:00.9	She is the Howard and Francis Keller endowed professor of history at the University of Washington.
1:07.3	She received her BA in English and History from Northwestern University, and she received her MA and PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania.
1:17.8	Prior to her academic career, she was a staff member for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.
1:24.9	She functioned as a policy analyst, working on urban economic development,
1:29.3	health care, and welfare reform. Margaret is the author of a great book about Silicon Valley
1:34.7	called The Code, Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America. It was a Financial Times and
1:41.7	Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019. She's also the author of
1:46.6	Cities of Knowledge, Pivotal Tuesdays, and co-author of the college history textbook, The American
1:53.1	Page. She is a frequent contributor to the opinion page of the New York Times, and she
1:58.5	has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, BBC World News, and PBS Frontline.
2:04.6	You should follow her on Twitter because she has one of the most intentional and intellectual
2:09.1	collection of retweets that I have ever encountered.
2:12.6	I'm Guy Kawasaki. This is Remarkable People.
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