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Conversations with tyler is produced by the mercatus center at george mason university, bridging the gap between academic ideas and real world problems. It's an honor to be with you, eric. Let's try doing a whirlwind tour of your career and life. What did you have as a formative intellectual experience that helped make you into eric schmith? I wanted to be an astronaut, as all the boys of my age did. My father, whom you are the natural successor to, i must say, as an economist, took us to italy. And so it was quite exotic to grow up italian, and i think that really changed me.

The son of an economist, Eric Schmidt eschewed his father’s profession, first studying architecture before settling on computer science and eventually earning a PhD. Now one of the most influential technology executives in the world, he still however credits his interest in network economies and platforms for a large part of his success.

In this live event hosted by Village Global in San Francisco, Tyler questioned Schmidt about underused management strategies, what Google learned after interviewing one job candidate sixteen times, his opinion on early vs. late Picasso, the best reform in corporate governance, why we might see a bifurcation of the Internet, what technology will explode in the the next 10 years, the most underrated media source, and more.

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Recorded September 21st, 2018 Other ways to connect

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