Are you feeling behind in a world that just keeps moving faster and faster?

Tom Friedman has some reassurance and even some solutions in his new book.

Thank you for being late and Optimus Skied to thriving in the age of accelerations.

So my argument is that these three accelerations, they're all intertwined and they're not just

changing the world, they're reshaping the world.

How did politics, activism and science converge in the face of the AIDS epidemic in this

country?

Author and filmmaker David France finds new ways to tell the history in his book how to

survive a plague.

I wanted to tell the story of heroes that people do know, like Larry Kramer, through his writing,

he really launched the community answer, its own response to the epidemic.

And I wanted to show how he did that.

Plus we'll talk about what editors here at the Book Review are reading.

This is Inside the New York Times Book Review.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Tom Friedman joins us now.

His newest book is called Thank You for Being Late and Optimus Skied to Thriving in the

Age of Accelerations.

Tom, thanks for being here.

Great to be with you, Pamela.

So first I just need to ask you to explain the title.

About three years ago, I can't remember exactly the date.

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