This week, New America board member and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University Francis Fukuyama talked about his favorite movie, Blade Runner, and what it means to be human. Anne-Marie Slaughter and Fukuyama also chat with New America 2012 Schwartz Fellow Charles Kenny and Zócalo editorial director Andrés Martinez about about why newly prosperous countries are rich in unrest. Pull up a chair, and let’s talk wonk.

The Weekly Wonk: The Meaning of Blade Runner & Unrest in Unlikely Places

New America's Peter Singer and Passcode's Sara Sorcher chat with Alex Stamos, Yahoo's chief information security officer and world renowned cybersecurity expert, about his company's new end-to-end e-mail encryption rollout, what it’s like to lead a team of “Paranoids” and why people who have his job are so stressed out.

On the panel discussion, Heather West of Internet performance and security company CloudFlare explores why startups need good security solutions – and why hackers want to target some of the world's newest companies. The panel also expands on Sorcher's latest feature about the cyber gold rush, and the different states and regions vying to become the Silicon Valley of cybersecurity. This episode is sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Identity.

Encryption, Innovation, and the Cyber Gold Rush

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Encryption, Innovation, and the Cyber Gold Rush

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