2016, and we can t afford to run it now. as if getting tuned up by other candidates wasn t bad enough, shultz was reportedly heckled during an appearance at a barnes & noble while promoting his new book with one protesters calling him an ego a hole. democrats are united. shouldn t we be asking the question, what kind of candidate and president would he be? joining me now is assistant editor at the washington post, cnn political commentator david swer lick. david, i have long been critical of solutionists. solutionists are people who are very successful in one aspect of their life and they think they can solve all of the other problems, too. solutionism stems from the belief that the problems mankind has spent all of history toiling to solve simply hasn t benefitted yet from their wise contemplation. michael bloomberg, rapid solutionist. trump, solutionist.
Here and a contributing editor of the new republic. author of to save everything, click here. what is technological solutionism and why have you been so critical of some of the policy arguments and promises of heeders of google and other technology companies? sure. well, several things have changed in the last several years. now you can build sensors into virtually everything. we have smart forks, we have smart shoes, we have smart, you know, brushes for brushing our teeth. you can now build smart objects that will modify our behavior in new ways. that has triggers. silicon valley, little companies now present themselves as being in the business or solving some of these very important social
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