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
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
Less than a year Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu old agrees to form an emergency unity government with his rival any gaps. Hello im christine one welcome to the program germanys chancellor and get a magical has warned that people should not risk all germany has achieved in achieved in containing the coronavirus excuse me in other words its a danger to become complacent about physical distancing now medicals message comes as germany begins to ease some of the restrictions it put in place several weeks ago she warns that if new infections start growing rapidly again a return to tighter restrictions will be unavoidable. Beat shopping but not as we knew it had to store in cologne customers are required to keep a safe distance apart but will that happen when more people come. Chancellor merkel announced the easing of germanys Strict Lockdown just days ago but now she says shes worried people may think the pandemic is no longer a problem. With india so we must proceed slowly step by step a
And develop an adequate response and resist affectively thats exactly whats going on right now citizens around the world are dealing with shock and not only because were forced sex wall 6 feet apart which is. Difficult and messy and really not very romantic especially when youre each on different balconies with a 30 foot drop between you and other people on the other balconies to watch its rough its terrible but were also shocked because people are losing their jobs their security their futures the Federal Reserve now estimates coronavirus job losses could total 47000000. 00 and the Unemployment Rate may hit 32 percent these shocks are being exploited by the ruling elite the largest way that theyve used it so far is to pass their 2 trillion dollar giveaway to Corporate America with little to no oversight. Practically no discussion is even going on about it i mean why why should we why should we stop to think about the largest gap ever seen in American History now and not Important Cong