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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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366 total appearances

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What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

No, but why? Different from there's a new outreach of the day, like this story that you told of the guy who said someone had mugged him. Yes. And suddenly people have opinions. My thing is, often people don't. But there's no book to read on that. What do you want them to do?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

No, but why? Different from there's a new outreach of the day, like this story that you told of the guy who said someone had mugged him. Yes. And suddenly people have opinions. My thing is, often people don't. But there's no book to read on that. What do you want them to do?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Yes. I'm with you completely on this. And so I often also say, go to the primary source. So sometimes someone will forward something to me. Is this true? Yes. And I'm just like, where did you get this from?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Yes. I'm with you completely on this. And so I often also say, go to the primary source. So sometimes someone will forward something to me. Is this true? Yes. And I'm just like, where did you get this from?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I've been tricked myself. In what way?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I've been tricked myself. In what way?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And because I really do believe in the idea of experts. I really do. Like I want, and this is also the thing I often say, I want a president who knows more than I do. Like, you know, I want someone in every country that I, but anyway, that's not the case. But yes, we want experts. And yes, misinformation is increasingly a problem.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And because I really do believe in the idea of experts. I really do. Like I want, and this is also the thing I often say, I want a president who knows more than I do. Like, you know, I want someone in every country that I, but anyway, that's not the case. But yes, we want experts. And yes, misinformation is increasingly a problem.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But I think there is still, and what you said about people who read about vaccines, I mean, I take your point. But I think that those people, is it fair to say that they have already started with a kind of conspiracy theory point of view, which will then, I think, shape where they read? Because if we are talking about experts, maybe they should go to maybe the CDC website. But they don't.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But I think there is still, and what you said about people who read about vaccines, I mean, I take your point. But I think that those people, is it fair to say that they have already started with a kind of conspiracy theory point of view, which will then, I think, shape where they read? Because if we are talking about experts, maybe they should go to maybe the CDC website. But they don't.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

So that's the point. That's what I mean about... Even the idea of experts has become corrupted.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

So that's the point. That's what I mean about... Even the idea of experts has become corrupted.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I wish they had been more honest about that.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I wish they had been more honest about that.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

If your baseline... But that's CDC action. How do we feel about it? I mean, can we really not make a distinction between... I think it was terrible. So do I. Yes. But does it cause you to then distrust everything the CDC says?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

If your baseline... But that's CDC action. How do we feel about it? I mean, can we really not make a distinction between... I think it was terrible. So do I. Yes. But does it cause you to then distrust everything the CDC says?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It does. It does. You couldn't have said it better. Bravo! People should read more novels and short stories. I agree. And sometimes even the old ones, because there's just lovely wisdom in them, I think.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It does. It does. You couldn't have said it better. Bravo! People should read more novels and short stories. I agree. And sometimes even the old ones, because there's just lovely wisdom in them, I think.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Old or recent?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Old or recent?