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In the podcast, Microsoft President Brad Smith.

If you create technology that changes the world,

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We'll bring you a special conversation with the computing giant's chief thinker on issues

of policy about technology's tools and weapons.

Ultimately, this is a space where we will need new laws.

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Think Microsoft, and you probably think about the trillion dollar technology giant

powering just about every office you've ever worked in and more than 90% of household computers.

You may not think about Brad Smith, president and longtime chief legal officer.

He joined Microsoft as a lawyer in their antitrust fight in the 1990s,

and he's one of the company's longest serving executives,

a key link from the era of founder Bill Gates,

to the demands of the 21st century global economy.

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