Kai Ryssdal

And we may, everybody give us a little good vibe here.

We may break ground this week.

Ooh, that'd be big.

That'd be great.

That would be great.

There's a bunch of questions from the audience.

I do want them to know what you're going to be doing at Marketplace.

I am going to become, I don't know, senior correspondent for future effects.

So we could have a little poll here.

Let's do it in a little bit.

What do you think the meta issue that underpins every other issue that ails us in America?

Some people would say, and depending on my mood, I would say...

education in America, or maybe you would say campaign finance.

You fix that, you fix so many other things.

I'm going to argue that our short-term thinking that humans are so good at doing is a key issue that underpins so much of what we're facing.

So I want to cover, and we've got pretty firm plans in place here,

To be the person who talks about and explores and gets expertise, is a funnel for expertise on decisions we make now.

that shape our longer-term future.

It could be personal finance.

We're awful at thinking more than two weeks ahead, aren't we?