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Ian Bremmer

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TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

And try not to spend as much time following the news on that.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

So for example, if you're trying to set up your social media feed so it is useful for you on news,

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

avoid the people that are experts on the topic that you are super biased on.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

Because you're not going to get anything from that.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

All you're going to do is like the people that already agree with you and hate watch the people that don't.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

But it's not going to help you at all.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

So stay away from something that is a structural bias.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

And then also longer form, longer form.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

It's why, I mean, when they say kids don't read and they're worried that everything is a headline, kids listen to podcasts all the time.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

I've got folks, I mean, 80 year olds watch my show on PBS.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

20 year olds are listening to the same thing on a podcast.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

In fact, sometimes it's an extended version and they're getting more out of it.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

So it's not like young people can't do long form, but they digest it in different ways.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

And long form content is better

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

Because when you're talking about serious and complicated issues, it doesn't lend itself to a short, pithy answer.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

Like the world, the next order, is it going to be unipolar?

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

Is it going to be multipolar?

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

Is it going to be tech companies that run it?

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

The answer is it's a very complicated discussion that you and I would have over 30 minutes or an hour.

TED Talks Daily
How to be smarter about the news | Ian Bremmer

I can't do it in a tweet.