Outcast and the larger problem is that none of us are omniscient. Nobody knows the truth about everything or much of anything. So the only way to find out if youve gone off the rails is to talk to other people that differ from you. Now Everybody Knows about the information bubbles. Were all in and i do too. But theyre dangerous because youre going to rarely hear that goes your beliefs. So you have to kind of go out of way to overcome this confirmation bias is motivated this kind of collection of facts that fit what i want to believe is true rather than what not be true and. And you have to do that by to people different from you out of your bubble. So i like the examples i use if you read the wall street journal every day should pick up the New York Times in a while and read their op ed section and just force yourself to read some of those contrarian or vice versa, you know . Or if youre a big fox news, you know, tune in to msnbc or cnn just to see what the other side is saying. You kn
Quite as extreme as in your case but it did seem like for a long time no one was available. No matter where i was going to be where were going to go. Host i think we are out of time but thank you for spending the hour talking to me and the viewers for spending the hour of listening. Guest thing thank you. That was after words Signature Program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, Public Policy makers, legislators and others familiar with the material. After words airs every weekend at 10 p. M. On saturday, 12 and 9 p. M. On sunday and 12 a. M. On monday. You can also watch after words online. Go to booktv. Org and click on after words after words in the book tv series at topics list on the upper right side of the page. Edward baptist is associate professor of history at Cornell University originally from North Carolina also the editor with the new studies in the history of american slavery and of american capitalism for seidman is schuster. As
If you could please address our comments to the commissions in order to allow equal time for all neither the staff nor the commissioner will not respond but the commissioners my request questions and with that were on item two the president s report. I want to thank the secretary of the commission well all on electronic derives were going to save a couple of trees the ipads and thank you very much for all the work that went into it. Now, its my pleasure to acknowledge a former commissioner that has retired. I want to read a resolution and make a few comments. Whereas Laurence Larry mountain was born in pining bluffing arizona and began helping out his mother packing shelves latter he made clifrz for her store and his accept farts motorcycling and storage company. Whereas larry began his career he was elected the chairman of the San Francisco railroad in International Representative and international vip in 1993 and over 38 years he retired in 2004 from that job. Whereas, he proudly wor
General. Dozens of locations have ordered curfews and bolstered police presence. Some have even brought in National Guard troops. We will go first to the neapoli neapolis, to minneapolis, the minnesota governor. Tim is just starting his press briefing. Lets listen in. I think the incident just underscores still the volatile situation we have out there. I dont know the motives of the driver at this time, but at this point in time, to not have tragedy and many deaths is just an amazing thing. We will get followed up on the Current Situation by commissioner harrington and major john. What id like to tell you what i heard out there today and i want to address the issue of that. Paired folks across minnesota and across this country, as they gather to express their frustration, one of the things they been making very, very clear, they dont trust the process. They dont believe justice can be served, and their frustrations are they believed time and time again the system works perfectly well a
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