Barry Weiss
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One of the things that we cover a lot in the free press and on this show is the way that our institutions that are meant to sort of be in the public interest have betrayed public trust. And the thing that's been described as sort of a crisis of trust in the public is actually a crisis of trustworthiness in those institutions. Like they have betrayed people.
One of the things that we cover a lot in the free press and on this show is the way that our institutions that are meant to sort of be in the public interest have betrayed public trust. And the thing that's been described as sort of a crisis of trust in the public is actually a crisis of trustworthiness in those institutions. Like they have betrayed people.
One of the things that we cover a lot in the free press and on this show is the way that our institutions that are meant to sort of be in the public interest have betrayed public trust. And the thing that's been described as sort of a crisis of trust in the public is actually a crisis of trustworthiness in those institutions. Like they have betrayed people.
And yet I don't think either of us wants to live in a world in which we have no institution. We have no public health institutions because we do need some shared reality in a country with 330 million people.
And yet I don't think either of us wants to live in a world in which we have no institution. We have no public health institutions because we do need some shared reality in a country with 330 million people.
And yet I don't think either of us wants to live in a world in which we have no institution. We have no public health institutions because we do need some shared reality in a country with 330 million people.
Are there, in the same way that you had your five rules for how to get back to better health for those of us that don't want to do the full blueprint, are there things you feel that the CDC and other organizations can be doing to win back the trust that felt so demolished during the pandemic?
Are there, in the same way that you had your five rules for how to get back to better health for those of us that don't want to do the full blueprint, are there things you feel that the CDC and other organizations can be doing to win back the trust that felt so demolished during the pandemic?
Are there, in the same way that you had your five rules for how to get back to better health for those of us that don't want to do the full blueprint, are there things you feel that the CDC and other organizations can be doing to win back the trust that felt so demolished during the pandemic?
But this gets to something I think about almost every day. Do you think individuals can actually replace institutions? Because individuals are flawed. You know, I'm trying to do that in my own way, I guess, in the media.
But this gets to something I think about almost every day. Do you think individuals can actually replace institutions? Because individuals are flawed. You know, I'm trying to do that in my own way, I guess, in the media.
But this gets to something I think about almost every day. Do you think individuals can actually replace institutions? Because individuals are flawed. You know, I'm trying to do that in my own way, I guess, in the media.
But the reason I decided not to be a sort of singular, you know, writer in the world, which would have been much more lucrative for me in trying to build a new institution instead, is I felt I am limited. I am flawed. It is much more sort of anti-fragile to create, I guess, a consortium or an institution of lots of journalists who share the same sort of old school journalistic values as me.
But the reason I decided not to be a sort of singular, you know, writer in the world, which would have been much more lucrative for me in trying to build a new institution instead, is I felt I am limited. I am flawed. It is much more sort of anti-fragile to create, I guess, a consortium or an institution of lots of journalists who share the same sort of old school journalistic values as me.
But the reason I decided not to be a sort of singular, you know, writer in the world, which would have been much more lucrative for me in trying to build a new institution instead, is I felt I am limited. I am flawed. It is much more sort of anti-fragile to create, I guess, a consortium or an institution of lots of journalists who share the same sort of old school journalistic values as me.
And also there's a much greater chance of scale. And frankly, if I get hit by a truck, it continuing. So like what are the limits of it being sort of the Brian Johnson show? And do you think about that?
And also there's a much greater chance of scale. And frankly, if I get hit by a truck, it continuing. So like what are the limits of it being sort of the Brian Johnson show? And do you think about that?