Introductory Remarks
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extensive series of publications on these and other topics at architecture.neu.edu. So, as we get ready for this day, I want to reiterate a couple of things that Amanda said because this is a very different format than almost all of us are used to. The biggest difference is that the moderator is king. The moderator shapes the discussion; the moderator will be asking panelists questions. I would add finally that the real objective of this format is, in the words of Fred Friendly when talking about the virtues of this approach, “the idea is to make the process of decision-making so excruciating, that there is no way to escape without thinking.” And I hope that we can live up to Mr. Friendly’s ideal. I want to thank all of you very much for coming.