Face the Nation (CBS) (partial) - 1999-12-26

Name: Face the Nation (CBS) (partial) - 1999-12-26
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[0:00] 3rd.

[0:01] >> Mark Hendris only on coin 6 News. People

[0:04] you know.

[0:07] >> Today on Face the Nation, author Tom

[0:09] Wolf, biologist Steven J. Gould,

[0:12] internet expert Estra Dyson, and ethsist

[0:15] Steven Carter talk about the millennium.

[0:19] Five more days to the millennium. What

[0:21] will it bring? How will people change

[0:23] and evolve? We'll ask the noted

[0:25] scientist Steven J. Ghoul. What role

[0:28] will art play? Will people read books

[0:30] anymore? We'll ask Tom Wolf, author most

[0:33] recently of a man in full. Will the

[0:36] internet, which grows more pervasive

[0:38] almost daily, bring us together or pull

[0:40] us apart? We'll ask cyber guru Esser

[0:43] Dyson. And finally, what's in store for

[0:46] American society? What are the most

[0:48] pressing challenges for us as the new

[0:50] century begins? We'll ask ethicist and

[0:53] law professor Steven Carter. Then I'll

[0:55] have a final word on all of this. But

[0:58] first, heading into a new millennium on

[1:00] Face the Nation.

[1:07] >> Face the Nation with CBS News chief

[1:09] Washington correspondent Bob Shaver. And

[1:12] now from CBS News in New York, Bob

[1:15] Sheer.

[1:16] >> And hello again. And we're in New York

[1:18] because our guests are here. And what a

[1:20] panel we have this morning. author Tom

[1:22] Wolf, internet expert Esther Dyson,

[1:26] ethicist Steven Carter, and evolutionary

[1:29] biologist Steven J. Ghoul. Gentlemen,

[1:32] thank you and lady for being with us

[1:34] today. This should be a lot of fun

[1:36] because I want to talk a little bit

[1:38] about the century we've just come

[1:40] through and and what might be ahead.

[1:42] When I think of the 20th century, Tom

[1:44] Wolf, I I think of heroes. I think of

[1:46] great leade