Overall talks about the recent mass shooting and his home town of el paso. This is just over 35 minutes. Beto orourke good morning. Is in it you to full to hear the el paso band practicing behind us . I was just thinking about charlotte and i raised by melissa and cap and our sister grew up about four blocks from here. When i would walk to el paso high i would climb over this wall and make my way down the side of this mountain and see chris and judith and robert and. Ur friends it is a part of who i am. So proud of this community. Just looking out at everyone who is taking the time to be here this morning. I want to begin with my thanks and at the expression of my pride and this community at this moment. Oner this horrific tragedy august 3 where 22 lives were taken from us, dozens more injured and still grieving, many still and Medical Center, not yet through the was but being pulled through are the families and their friends and this community. The way that we have met this tragedy th
Psychologist at the ucla school of management, where he studies cognitive bias and how people and mentioned their future selves. He also contributes opeds to the New York Times and wall street journal. A historian of american political rhetoric at texas a m university and a editor. She is also the author of the rhetoric of her rogue expectations, establishing the obama presidency. And currently at work on her next book titled, demagogue for president , the rhetorical genius of donald trump. [laughter] she will be talking about that later. Emerituss a professor of social psychology at uc santa tripand the coauthor of a propaganda can the everyday use and abuse of persuasion. , age of propaganda, the use and abuse of persuasion. [laughter] so, thank you for being here. , istheme of this panel is contemporary propaganda damaging our Attention Spans, relationships, our ability to ponder bigger questions . Four does it offer some benefits , like nudging us to eat healthier, save the earth,