This is the opening segment of a YouTube panel titled 'Rebooting Business & Politics for the Digital Age.' The moderator (SPEAKER A) gives bio-driven introductions for panelists Dr. David Brin — described as a scientist, inventor, New York Times bestselling author with degrees from Caltech and UC San Diego and advisory roles across astronomy, NASA research, and nanotech — and Rajeev Pant — described as former CTO of The New York Times (served >4 years), a recent startup founder at a next-generation media company, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. The excerpt ends just before the substantive discussion on business and politics begins.
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All right. Hello. Hello, San Francisco. Hello, interwebs. It's a beautiful day here. So it is with much excitement that I introduce to you Dr. Brin. David Brin, as well as Rajeev Pant. I feel very honored to be sharing the stage with both of you. So let me tell you a little bit about both of these gentlemen, if you don't know them yet. So David is a scientist, inventor, and New York Times bestseller, that is all his books have been translated into over 25 languages around the world. He's had many of them turned into movies with Hollywood and the major studios there. He's as one of these leading scientists. He's regularly seen on TV shows like the Universe and Life After People, and he's constantly called upon by media and the private and public sector to help predict what's going to be going on and to help make sense of what is going on. He has degrees from both Caltech and the University of California, San Diego. So, California, he spent a lot of time here and he serves on advisory panels, which focuses from astronomy to NASA research to nanotech. So welcome, Dr. Brin, Couple of dolphin fans out there. So to my far right is Rajeev Pant. So Rajeev Pant was the CTO of the New York Times for over four years, where he really helped spearhead the transition to the digital age at the New York Times. So really excited to hear more about that. Earlier this year, he left the New York Times to join entrepreneurship. So he joined over to the startup world and he's part of the founding team at the Next Generation media company. And so welcome to entrepreneurship, Rajeev. In addition, he is a young global leader as part of the World Economic Forum and as well as an advisor to many startups as well as large companies that you may have heard of like CenturyLink, which is now Savvis. So welcome, Rajeev. Really excited to have you both here. Thank you. And so your bios are incredible. But I really want to get to know both of you a little bit better before we turn to business and politics and the.
