When, you know, you, you in these very high tech companies and you've been around a lot of technology in the government as well, obviously, and, um, cybersecurity and all these things, is, is-- what do you think about the technology advancements that are going on today and in the future? Wh-wh-what do you think of it, and where do you think it's going?

I was approached to be the first CEO for Microelectronics Computer Technology Corporation, being owned by 15 competing companies.

I learned a lot in building it, getting it going in the process.

Um, that spurred my broader interest in investing in evolving companies and, um, talent, again.

Talent along with evolving technology that was gonna change the way business was done.

One of the f- seven areas at MCC was artificial intelligence, and I hired professors from the academic arena to build algor-algo-algorithms, and I hired Doug Lenat from Stanford to build the largest database ever built.

Could it reason? Could it think? Couldn't.

Mm-hmm.

it like being the town crier for Falmouth outside of the festival?

It's brilliant.

You get involved in so many different things from the mayor making to opening shops or celebrating anniversaries on the high street that have been here a long time.

And to the personal connection as well, because I also do history tours of Falmouth, and I do them as the town crier.

And so we get visitors from all over the world, and I get to kind of share Falmouth stories with them and show people that it's all right, that an American is the Falmouth town crier.

I was going to say, you don't have a distinctive Cornish

Is there a particular act or group that you're looking forward to seeing throughout this weekend?

The one thing about being a host is you're kind of told where to go.