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Founder & CEO of Jigsaw, Google, Senior Fellow at CFR, NYTimes Bestselling author of 5 books. Accidental Presidents out now! Life After Power forthcoming

New York, NY
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Joined April 2009
Born November 24
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    28 Jan 2020

    Accidental Presidents is out in paperback. It's filled w/stories of presidential power, murder conspiracies, brawls in Congress, and the stories of 8 men who became president when their predecessor died. Curious how history was altered by a heartbeat?

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  2. Sep 1

    From Cuba & Iran to threats from , countries continue to shutdown the Internet to silence people. has used research & engineering resources to counter repressive censorship. Our latest insights in Internet Shutdowns issue of The Current:

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  3. Aug 30

    Thank you and … when so many countries closed their borders, you opened them and welcomed so many Afghans w/open arms.

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    Aug 10

    A great pro-vaccination piece by Jared Cohen, looking back at the breakthrough in smallpox vaccination that occurred during the American Revolution. The graphic vaccination scene in HBO's "John Adams" shows how easy we have it today. via

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    Aug 10

    is on shelves today!

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    Aug 10

    What the Founders thought of vaccines

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  7. Aug 10

    “I long regretted bitterly and still regret that I had not given [smallpox] to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of the parents who omit that operation.” - Ben Franklin, 1736, reflecting on vaccine hesitancy after his son's death

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    Aug 10

    Via the Boston Globe, Jared Cohen on looking to The Founding Fathers for answers on vaccination.

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    Aug 10

    Some great applied history on the Founding Fathers and vaccination by :

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    Aug 10

    Fabulous piece by on the Founders and vaccines — and a heartbreaking story about Benjamin Franklin and his son that I had never read about. Don’t miss. via

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  11. Aug 10

    Franklin cont. "This I admit for sake of parents who omit that operation, under the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, & that, therefore, the safer should be chosen.” 9/9

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  12. Aug 10

    Benjamin Franklin didn't give his son a smallpox inoculation in 1736 because Franklin Jr. Was immunocompromised. Franklin Jr. died at age 4 of smallpox and Benjamin Franklin wrote: "I long regretted, and still regret, that I had not given [smallpox] to him by inoculation." 8/9

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  13. Aug 10

    Jefferson gave Meriwether Lewis smallpox vaccines to take on the Lewis & Clark expedition and distribute to indigenous peoples of the Americas 7/9

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  14. Aug 10

    Jefferson wrote of vaccines in 1800 "Every friend of humanity must look w/pleasure on this discovery, by which one evil ... is withdrawn from the condition of man: & contemplating the possibility that future improvements & discoveries, may still lessen the catalogue of evils."6/9

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  15. Aug 10

    In 1813, U.S. Congress passed & James Madison signed “An Act to Encourage Vaccination,” which, among other provisions, appointed an agent to furnish certified vaccine matter to anyone who requested it and required the postal service to ship vaccines free of charge. 5/9

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  16. Aug 10

    There was a smallpox epidemic in the northeast during the Second Continental Congress, and during the meeting Abigail Adams took John Quincy Adams to Boston to get inoculated. He “stood the operation manfully.” 4/9

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  17. Aug 10

    An early advocate of vaccines, in the summer of 1801 just a few months into his tenure, Jefferson had the entire population of his estate -- slaves included -- inoculated against smallpox 3/9

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  18. Aug 10

    George Washington inoculated the troops against smallpox at Valley Forge 2/9

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  19. Aug 10

    The founding fathers (and mothers) would want us to get vaccinated. Consider the evidence, which I map out in today's 1/9

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  20. Jul 28

    Hate “Clusters” Spread Disinformation Across Social media. Mapping Their Networks Could Disrupt Their Reach. Latest research from

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  21. Jul 26

    Since started measuring popularity of outgoing presidents in 1953, only Reagan & Clinton cleared 60% approval rating, although IKE & Obama came close. Truman left office w/historically low 32% & said: “popularity is an accident…only one thing endures - character”

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