People to roam and be generalist and go wherever they find interesting stories and something i found interesting at the time was what the internet was doing there was as a society in terms of our information streams. It wasnt political in my mind at that time but it was what happens when the trusted systems of information breakdown and people no longer know its true or important versus irrelevant and out to spend her time so i was looking at this as a tech story and business story and i was looking at quick bait forms and how they get you to click on things and wister died and money from that and then in the middle of 2015 they was a big bronze conference at trump tower and tromping down the escalator and suddenly these forces have been looking at about how informational architecture online is treated as is a political story as well. From then it was off to the races. Host you generally grouped your book into two groups of people, if i understand it correctly. You have a group called t
Joining us on the communicators is andrew marantz. He is a writer for the new yorker magazine, also the author of the book antisocial online extremists, techno utopians, and the hijacking of the american conversation. Andrew marantz, thank you for joining us. If i understand it correctly, the book grew out of reporting that you do for the new yorker. Can you explain that work and how it led to the genesis of the book . Andrew yes, so around 2014, 2015, i was writing for the new yorker. And you know, its a magazine that allows people to kind of roam and be generalists and sort of go wherever they find interesting stories. And something that i was finding interesting at the time was what the internet was doing to us as a society, in terms of our information streams. It wasnt really political in my mind at that time. It was just sort of what happens when the trusted systems of information break down and people no longer know whats true or whats important vs. Irrelevant or how to spend the
Trade after huge gains yesterday. Lets get your top headlines today. The grand reopening. Italy removes most restrictions on life after months of coronavirus lockdown. International visitors will not be subject to quarantine. European futures gain across the merkelespite a delay in s stimulus plan. Lufthansa commits to a deep Restructuring Plan after seeing a firstquarter net loss of more than 2 billion. Plus, thousands deny curfews in the United States but clashes with police are limited. The pentagon sent activeduty army units into d. C. , calling it a planning measure. Just under an hour away from the cash trading in europe. Any of those negative headlines dont look set to deter this rally. We are looking at big gains in futures. The futures up 1. 5 after germany future index put up a points more than 430 yesterday, powering about 12,000, looking set to open very risk on. Today you can see ftse futures up more than 1 . U. S. Futures are gaining as well. Dow jones futures are up more
Joining us on the communicators is andrew marantz. He is a writer for the new yorker magazine, also the author of the book antisocial online extremists, techno utopians, and the hijacking of the american conversation. Andrew marantz, thank you for joining us. Andrew absolutely, thank you for having me. If i understand it correctly, the book grew out of reporting that you do for the new yorker. Can you explain that work and how it led to the genesis of the book . Andrew yes, so around 2014, 2015, i was writing for the new yorker. And you know, its a magazine that allows people to kind of roam and be generalists and sort of go wherever they find interesting stories. And something that i was finding interesting at the time was what the internet was doing to us as a society, in terms of our information streams. It wasnt really political in my mind at that time. It was just sort of what happens when the trusted systems of information break down and people no longer know whats true or whats
President trump says hes pulling the u. S. Out of yet another international treaty. And European Countries face a tricky balancing act as they seek to reopen to tourists without driving up Coronavirus Infection rates again. China is planning to impose tough National Security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the Central Government the draft law is expected to be rubber stamped at chinas biggest political gathering in beijing but activists fear it will be used to crackdown on hong kongs Political Freedoms and is likely to make relations with the u. S. Even worse american senators say theyll introduce legislation to impose sanctions on chinese officials for violating hong kongs autonomy katrina you reports from beijing. On the eve of Chinas National Peoples Congress the announcement of a National Security law which criminalizes secession foreign interference and the subversion of state power in hong kong. Could be issues and treat hong kong as an inseparable par