Tressie McMillan Cottom - The Illusion of Twitter as a Public Square

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🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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“I have to believe that human beings are fundamentally curious.” University of North Carolina professor Tressie McMillan Cottom discusses her opinion on Twitter and how she sees its role in our society, how she teaches her students to think critically about the world they live in, and how she believes human beings are fundamentally curious.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.5	Ow!
0:04.5	Chresy McMillan Cotton.
0:06.5	Welcome back to the Daily Show.
0:07.5	Welcome back to me and Dee.
0:09.5	It's a pleasure to be back.
0:10.5	Right.
0:11.5	Or do I say, Professor?
0:12.5	I'd love to know what you prefer,
0:13.5	because you have so many prestigious titles,
0:16.5	you know, with New York Times bestselling author
0:18.5	or, you know, it could be Professor.
0:20.5	It could be MacArthur.
0:22.0	Is it a genius grant that they give you?
0:24.0	You can say that.
0:25.5	I think I'm not supposed to say that.
0:28.0	The foundation would prefer not, but it is.
0:31.5	So they say you're a genius,
0:33.0	but they're like, you're not allowed to say it of yourself.
0:35.0	Exactly.
0:36.0	Kind of like your mother tells you,
0:37.5	somethings are best said about you by others.
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