Interesting People in Interesting Times

When a President's tweets drastically change a country, do we accept it as the new normal? When our social media feeds consist of people who think just like us, how can we expect social change? And why do we always assume the future will be better than the past? Maria Konnikova, author of The Confidence Game, explains what politician's lies do to your brain, why we fall for the same tricks every time, and how humanity is hardwired for hope-and why that's problematic. In this conversation...

Open, funny, and self-aware, Andrew Yang is not your standard politician. But he plans to run for President in 2020 with a radical policy agenda from Universal Basic Income to what to do about AI and why we need to put humanity first. We also hear what he plans to do about Amazon. Interesting People in Interesting Times, hosted by Tom Goodwin and Adriana Stan, brings together provocative speakers, great ideas and bold new thinking. Music: "Roadrunner" by Dan Tepfer from the album Eleven...