Call-In Special: Where Technology Takes Us

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This election, tweet-storms and email servers were more prominent than stump speeches and policy papers. Manoush Zomorodi, host of WNYC's Note to Self, looks at how technology shaped our politics, and where the tech world might go under President Trump. About the show: In a Presidential election cycle big on negativity and short on discussion of issues, anxiety is proving to be a dominant theme -- over the economy, national security, and indeed, what it means to be an American in the 21st century. This podcast brings the voices of people trying to hold on to their piece of the American Dream and others who are looking to build one. The United States of Anxiety gives you an wide-open window into the polarizing economic, social and political ideas that have people on the edge of their seats during this unprecedented election cycle. The United States of Anxiety is hosted by Kai Wright and produced by WNYC Studios & The Nation. Listen to more shows from WNYC Studios: http://wny.cc/yzc4304odXpListen to more shows from The Nation: http://apple.co/1V85l3I WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics, Radiolab, Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin and many more.

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0:00.0	This is a special post-election live call-in episode of the United States of Anxiety.
0:13.6	WNYC's election series that documents the experiences
0:17.1	and perspectives that informed voters
0:20.0	and their choice for president.
0:21.8	I'm Anouche Samarodi, host of the podcast note to self from
0:24.9	WNY studios. Tonight our conversation is about technology because the fact that this election
0:31.5	came as such a surprise to so many of us shows that we are just starting to wrestle with the powers of social media and algorithms.
0:41.5	They are changing how we live, our communities, and how our country
0:46.2	functions. We're going to discuss how echo chambers and likes may have affected your
0:51.9	vote or whether you decided to vote at all.
0:54.9	We'll also talk about the future of digital privacy under President-elect Trump
1:00.0	and how we hold on to free speech and basic human rights when so much data is being collected.
1:08.3	But let's start off our conversation with a focus on social media,
1:12.2	because going online right now,
1:14.6	it can feel like you are waiting into the ocean, right?
1:18.0	Like you could be going for a quick refreshing dip.
1:21.8	Get up to date on the news or you could get knocked over by a
1:25.4	rogue wave of tweets displaying humanity at its absolute worst. We want to hear
1:31.6	from you about how you are dealing with social media right now.
1:35.8	Have you decided to take the Facebook app off your phone? Are you suffering from
1:40.9	information overload right now?
1:43.2	Or maybe you've gone the other way.
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