Ian Bremmer

There are a lot of people that don't feel that way.

And those are people that would not make good political scientists.

They should do other things, right?

Which, I mean, because everyone has different skill sets.

I would not be a great economist.

I wouldn't be a great accountant.

I'm not a great manager of people.

So I'm not a great chef, right?

I'm a horrible basketball player, on and on and on.

So first of all, recognizing what you're good at.

There are a lot of people that are actually very good at being thoughtful and considered on a whole range of issues, but aren't on a few that they feel really personal about.

I'll give you a small example.

My mother was of Armenian lineage, and I used to study the Soviet Union and then the 15 countries that came out of the Soviet Union when it collapsed.

And I never focused on Armenia.

And the reason I didn't, and I didn't write about Armenia, even though I was writing about all these other places for a long time, because I felt like I was kind of biased.

And I felt that way because when my family members were talking, like my grandma would talk about Turkey, that was like a country that committed genocide against like her people.

our people even though i didn't feel any envy i kind of felt like well i'm rooting for them to win they're kind of like the home team the armenians and so until i got to a place that i felt comfortable that i understood that bias that i could pack it away and that i could talk objectively about it um which i think i've gotten much better at on that issue though it's a very small issue at the end of the day um i didn't want to engage on that issue professionally

And I think that if you are trying to not have your hair on fire on the news, it is important to understand if there are areas of the news that you have a very strong bias on,

And don't consider that part of the news.

Just consider that part of your identity, whatever it is, right?