Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan americans looked back today on a day that changed the world 9 11. Crowds were somewhat smaller for the latest anniversary of the attacks, but many brought renewed determination never to forget. Its become a tradition on this day of remembrance. Bells tolled in new york, washington, and shanksville, pennsylvania, the sites where nearly 3,000 people died at the hands of alqaeda skyjackers 14 years ago. The day began with a moment of silence at the white house 8 46 a. M. , when the first of two airliners hurtled
Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan americans looked back today on a day that changed the world 9 11. Crowds were somewhat smaller for the latest anniversary of the attacks, but many brought renewed determination never to forget. Its become a tradition on this day of remembrance. Bells tolled in new york, washington, and shanksville, pennsylvania, the sites where nearly 3,000 people died at the hands of alqaeda skyjackers 14 years ago. The day began with a moment of silence at the white house 8 46 a. M. , when the first of two airliners hurtled
Or incredibly minute. Because the idea of a conspiracy theorist is if i can prove this point, im proving the vast conspiracy. The reality is ive seen the government in operation, ive been in the media, most of these organizations could not conspire to have lunch. Theyre just not well organized. Host its the cover of a recent newsweek cover story. One of the quotes from that story, conspiracy theories have been woven into Society Since the constitution. It has now crossed a threshold experts say with delusions, fiction, and are now creating risks. What has changed in this country and the world that has made these theories more dangerous these days . Guest its a lot of things. You have a much more rapid source of communication in the internet. You create environments where people can go in and get this endless feedback loop where the only information theyre getting is from people they agree with. So people who believe 9 11 was an inside job go to sites led by people who believe 9 11 was
Everything has a danger. The question is, is the danger significant or not . The antivacciners are, again, living in a world of these vast conspiracies that are hiding these vast problems that dont exist, that have been disproven over and over again. The problem is we now have a recurrence measles was almost completely defeated in this country until the antivacciners came along. Now measles is on the up swing because of the antivacciners believing that this vaccine caused autism and other conditions when there is no reputable proof to back this up. Conspiracy theories work backwards. If you think about it, an event happens and you look at the event and say, well, wait a minute, could it be bigg bigger than whatever. And if youre actually asking questions to find out answers, you can find a real conspiracy. Conspiracy theoryists take those facts and unwind them on the basis of an original belief. Take the 9 11 truther, these are people who actually believe the Bush Administration knocke
Lawyers, judges, have a terrible time knowing what the law is. We cant be absolutist on oh, if they didnt follow the law, they must be criminals. My next door neighbor grills with a gas grill on his balcony. Thats illegal in the district of columbia. Hes not evil. That is what we need to look at. That is where we need to show some compassion and some understanding. Host marks withbeen waiting the line from missouri. Good morning. I just want to make a comment. I believe that our country, the United States of america is a very compassionate company. However, we have a nation of laws and we have major problems right now and i think weve created them ourselves. There are laws he enforces and others he doesnt. Hes created this problem because hes pretty much just invited south america to come here. And weve already we dont have just a few of these people coming in. We have millions of these people coming in. Host all right, mark. Guest first of all, its more like thousands than millions bu