if I have the opportunity to interview a
president bring big so the interview
President Jimmy Carter first of all hi I
turned 18 and then a month later I voted
for him so he’s not like my first
president that I ever voted for so that
had a little special personal meaning to
me that I could meet him but this is
Startalk I’m not gonna ask him well what
do you think about the developments in
the Middle East
that’s what anyone else would ask about
no I’m not I’m not going there no no no
Startalk is different this is Jimmy
Carter I’m a scientist I’m asking I’m
going I wouldn’t double-check on how his
geek credentials are coming along all
right I said let’s go back in time how
much of a geek were you as a kid well he
was grew up on a farm and all of this
pit peanut farm that’s all real but he
went to the Navy he learned nuclear
physics and he taught astrophysics when
he got to Navy Shipman when he got out
he was he’s been interested in the
universe from early on he’s been
interested in technologies and in
science and this has influenced his life
not only as a private citizen but as a
public figure and of course he’s very
big on humanitarian causes as are so
many people celebrities and the like
what’s different about him because he
has this science analytic wiring of his
brain he approaches the problem
differently he says I’m not just trying
to fix this problem
I need metrics measure my success here
are my goals make this number Matt’s
that number by that time otherwise I
have failed he’s thinking about the
world quantitatively and thinking about
solutions scientifically this is what in
part and my judgment has made him such a
potent humanitarian it’s not just I’m
here fix it it’s let us design a plan
that and will enable us to show people
what got fixed and how well we fixed
president bring big so the interview
President Jimmy Carter first of all hi I
turned 18 and then a month later I voted
for him so he’s not like my first
president that I ever voted for so that
had a little special personal meaning to
me that I could meet him but this is
Startalk I’m not gonna ask him well what
do you think about the developments in
the Middle East
that’s what anyone else would ask about
no I’m not I’m not going there no no no
Startalk is different this is Jimmy
Carter I’m a scientist I’m asking I’m
going I wouldn’t double-check on how his
geek credentials are coming along all
right I said let’s go back in time how
much of a geek were you as a kid well he
was grew up on a farm and all of this
pit peanut farm that’s all real but he
went to the Navy he learned nuclear
physics and he taught astrophysics when
he got to Navy Shipman when he got out
he was he’s been interested in the
universe from early on he’s been
interested in technologies and in
science and this has influenced his life
not only as a private citizen but as a
public figure and of course he’s very
big on humanitarian causes as are so
many people celebrities and the like
what’s different about him because he
has this science analytic wiring of his
brain he approaches the problem
differently he says I’m not just trying
to fix this problem
I need metrics measure my success here
are my goals make this number Matt’s
that number by that time otherwise I
have failed he’s thinking about the
world quantitatively and thinking about
solutions scientifically this is what in
part and my judgment has made him such a
potent humanitarian it’s not just I’m
here fix it it’s let us design a plan
that and will enable us to show people
what got fixed and how well we fixed
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