Episode 8: The Post Fact World And Flynnghazi

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Segment 1 - The Post Fact World

1. Why are we talking about this?
   1. How did we get to this place?
      1. Internet/social media
         1. Fake News
         2. Information Bubble
      2. Democratization of information producers
         1. From Walter Cronkite to Facebook Live
   2. Is our democracy at risk?
   3. If we can’t agree on reality then we don’t get iphones (science)

 

1. What do we want?
   1. Facts
      1. CASE STUDY: Trump’s relationship to Russia
      2. CASE STUDY: Trump’s corruption
   2. Agreement on some kind of objective reality

              

1. How do we move forward?
   1. Talk to people who disagree with you AND who are willing to listen
   2. Spend less time with people on the socials and more time in the physical world
      1. The rules are different
   3. Don’t be a douche
   4. Be careful about the information you send into the world - We are all Walter Cronkite now

​Segment 2 - Flynnghazi

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