MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS AN AUTHOR, "NEW YORK TIMES"

COLUMNIST, AND THREE-TIME PULITZER PRIZE WINNER.

PLEASE WELCOME, THOMAS L.

FRIEDMAN!

♪ WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE

♪ WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE ♪

>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GREAT TO BE HERE.

>> Stephen: IT'S LIKE OLD HOME WEEK, HAVEN'T TALKED IN A LONG

TIME, MR. "WORLD IS FLAT," MR. "GLOBALIZATION."

LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION BEFORE WE GET ON TO YOUR BOOK HERE.

THE IDEA THAT RUSSIA HAS USED CYBER WARFARE TO INTERVEER WITH

OUR ELECTION OVER HERE AND THE RUMORS THAT HAVE BEEN

PROMULGATED, EVEN BY THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, THAT

DONALD TRUMP MIGHT BE UNDER THE THUMB OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.

DO YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON THAT IN ANY WAY, THOMAS L.

FRIEDMAN.

>> I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT STRUCK ME, STEPHEN, LISTENING TO YOUR

OPENING, TRUMP MIGHT BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT WHO HAS TO

RECUSE HIMSELF FROM DEALING WITH THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

YOU REALLY DO WONDER HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT AT THEIR FIRST

MEETING.

AND THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP IS SO WEIRD IN THE SENSE THAT THIS ALL

STARTED, STEPHEN, WITH PUTIN THINKING HILLARY WAS GOING TO

WIN, AND HE HATED HILLARY, SO TO TWEAK HER, HE PRAISED TRUMP, AND

TRUMP CAME BACK AND SAID, "THAT GUY LIKES ME.

I THINK HE'S OKAY, TOO.

HE'S A STRONG LEADER.

I'D BE A STRONG LEADER, TOO, IF I ELIMINATED ALL MY OPPONENTS

WITH POISON-TIPPED EXWRAELS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

YOU CAN BE STRONG.

AND THE THING HAS SORT OF CASCADED NOW TO THE POINT WHERE

YOU REALLY WONDER, TRUMP SAID HE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH RUSSIA.

I'M ALL FOR WORKING WITH RUSSIA.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

WE'LL WORK TOGETHER TO FIGHT ISIS AND SYRIA.

RUSSIA'S ALLIES FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA ARE HEZBOLLAH, IRAN, AND

JIHADISTS FROM CENTRAL ASIA.

ARE WE GOING TO BE ALLIES WITH THEM?

AND IT'S WHY, STEPHEN, WHEN I LISTEN TO HIM, YOU ALWAYS FEEL

LIKE THERE'S NO SECOND PARAGRAPH.

THERE'S ALWAYS JUST THE FIRST PARAGRAPH.

BUT HE HASN'T THOUGHT AROUND THE CORNER, YOU KNOW

( APPLAUSE ).

( CHEERS ).

>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY?

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY?

BECAUSE ISN'T IT THE PRESS' JOB TO GET TO THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH,

TO SAY OKAY WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF WHAT YOU JUST

SAID?

HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT IT WITH ANY ACTION OR ANY PLAN?

I HEARD A LOT OF FIRST PARAGRAPHS BUT NO PLANS BEYOND

ANYTHING.

HE WAS ASKED HOW DO YOU REPLACE OBAMACARE?

"IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT."

>> "WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE LINES" I THINK I RECALL, BETWEEN THE STATES.

THIS IS WHAT I WORRIED ABOUT HIM FROM THE VERY DPING BECAUSE ALL

WE'VE HEARD FROM HIM NOW-- TRUMP TWEET EXPAWLG OF THIEVES

THINGS-- IT HAS ONE CHARACTER BEFORE YOU'RE PRESIDENT, BUT

BEGINNING ON JANUARY 20, THAT'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES TWEETING, TWEETING AT NORTH KOREA, TWEETING ABOUT

RUSSIA, TWEETING ABOUT PUTIN.

AND THAT HAS WHOLLY DIFFERENT IMPLICATION S.

>> Stephen: DO YOU IMAGINE THAT WILL CHANGE?

>> BOY, I HOPE SO.

I MEAN -- >> DO YOU WANT TO LAY A BET?

>> OH!

>> Stephen: NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS TO BE

ANXIOUS ABOUT, OR TO BE HAPPY ABOUT-- I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE

YET.

YOU'VE GOT A NEW BOOK CALLED "THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE:AN

OPTIMIST'S GUIDE FOR THRIVING IN THE AGE OF ACCELERATION."

FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE AGE OF ACCELERATION?

ARE WE IN IT RIGHT NOW?

>> THE BOOK ARGUE WIERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE EXPONENTIAL

ACCELERATIONS, THE MARKET, MOTHER NATURE, AND MOORE'S LAW.

MOTHER NATURE, CLIMATE CHANGE, IF YOU FUT ON A GRAPH, IT LOOKS

LIKE A HOCKEY STICK.

THE MARKET FOR ME IS DIGITAL GLOBALIZATION.

EVERYTHING IS BEING DIGITALIZED, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, PAYPAL.

>> Stephen: THE INTERNET OF THINGS.

>> ALL OF THAT.

AND MOORE'S LAW, COINED BY GORDON MOORE, SAID THE SPEED IN

POWER MICROCHIPS WILL DOUBLE IN ROUGHLY 24 MONTHS.

IT'S NOW ABOUT 30, BUT IT'S KEPT UP.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE THREE ACCELERATIONS.

I TELL THE STORY OF INTEL TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE POWER OF

ACCELERATION IN TECHNOLOGY.

THEY TOOK THE 1971 W.V. BEATLE AND SAID WHAT IN THIS CAR

IMPROVED AT THE SAME RATE MICROCHIPS HAVE OVER THE LAST 52

YEARS.

THEY DETERMINED THAT CAR WOULD GO 300,000 MILES AN HOUR.

IT WOULD GET TWO MILLION MILES A GALLON AND COST FOUR CENT.

SO THAT'S THE POWER OF THE EXPONENTIAL THAT'S REALLY

DRIVING ALL THE TECHNOLOGY FORWARD.

>> Stephen: HOW DO WE SURVIVE IN IT, THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN.

>> WHAT I REALLY ARGUE FOR IN THE BOOK AND THE REASON THE BOOK

NENDZ MINNESOTA, WHERE I GREW UP, IS FINDING A WAY TO ANCHOR

YOURSELF IN THE WORLD.

THE BOOK ACTUALLY, STEPHEN, IS THE CELEBRATION OF EVERYTHING

OLD AND SLOW.

IT ARGUES -- >> LIKE CROCK POTS, SLOW

COOKING?

>> A LITTLE BIT.

IT REALLY ARGUES THAT I THINK EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS TODAY IS

ACTUALLY ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN'T DOWNLOAD.

IT'S THE STUFF YOU HAVE TO UPLOAD THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY,

ONE HUMAN BEING TO HONOR.

( APPLAUSE ) ONE OF MY FAVORITE --

>> LIKE WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING, GET OFF THE INTERNET AND

HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY.

>> LISTENING TO THAT REMINDED ME I HAVE A QUOTE IN THE BOOK FROM

OUR SURGEON GENERAL, AN AMAZING GUY.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS THE MOST PREVALENT DISEASE IN

AMERICA, CANCER, DIABETES, HEART DISEASE?

HE SAID IT'S NONE OF THOSE.

IT'S ACTUALLY ISOLATION.

WE'RE IN THE MOST CONNECTED AGE IN HISTORY AND THE SURGEON

GENERAL SAYS THE THING THAT IS REALLY AILING SO MANY PEOPLE IS

THE SENSE OF BEING DISCONNECTED.

AND THE BOOK REALLY-- THE BOOK HAS A KIND OF THEME SONG.

I'M A BIG FAN OF BRANDY CARLISLE.

AND THE SONG IS CALLED "THE EYE."

I WRAP MY LOVE AROUND THE FRAME, YOU CAN DANCE IN A HURRICANE,

BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE STANDING IN THE EYE."

I THINK TRUMP IS SELLING A WALL TO THE HURRICANE, AND I'M

ARGUING FOR AN EYE, THAT'S THE HEALTHY COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE

CAN BE ANCHORED IN THE WORLD, FEEL CONNECTED, PROTECTED, AND

RESPECTED AND I THINK POLITICS HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD FOR

THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS GOING TO BE REALLY A BATTLE BETWEEN THE

WALL PEOPLE AND THE EYE PEOPLE.

( APPLAUSE ).

>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK, GOOD LUCK.

I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE BOOK IS "THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE."

THE MAN IS THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY.