1. “It makes no sense for China to have better rail systems than us, and Singapore having better airports than us. And we just learned that China now has the fastest supercomputer on earth— that used to be us.” President Barack Obama, 11/3/10 1

2. If You See Something, Say Something Is the American dream gone? “The Chinese seem to have more ambition and will than we do. “ Are we frustrated optimists? Is our problem China? 2

3. Ignoring Our Problems The Big Four Challenges 1.Globalization 2.(IT) revolution 3.Budget deficits 4.Energy consumption 3

4. 5 Pillars to Prosperity 4 https://lh3.ggpht.com/VmwXL3u_R4nBjjkMzJGdWx5R5Pf_t_0GLaenuHd4fbgTTJILZ-AObxJvKjd3Li5FlMi_=w300 Education Infrastructure Immigration R & D Economy Activity

5. American Formula 5

6. The World Got Flatter Connected Competition Connection Collaboration Hyper-connected More People More Connections Exponential Growth Flat World 1.0 Flat World 2.0

7. Jobs in Today’s Labor Market 1.Creative Creators 2.Routine Creators 3.Creative Servers 4.Routine Servers 7 No one is safe.

8. 8 Square the Circle BETTER EDUCATION MORE INNOVATION CREATIVE CREATORS CREATIVE SERVERS