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Professor who said yesterday we need legislation that would introduce that, demand that these tech companies share this kind of research, the research we only have now that they have decided to go public and this is the kinds of data that only social media companies have held until now. >> there was something in mark zuckerbergs statement. i was pointing out this this morning. he talked about the research that facebook does. remember, frances haugen left the company with tens of thousands of int...

Stated that 64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools. they knew that neo-nazis and white supremacists were recruiting and organizing on their platform for years. while facebook belatedly took steps to remove holocaust deniers and qanon conspiracy theorists, results have been uneven. now, this wasnt facebooks intention. it was the result of the incentive structure. and the brutal reality that human beings are attracted to conflict and controversy and anger. our algorit...

Communications on facebook. leading them into more extreme positions. >> the european political parties were essentially saying to facebook the way you have written your algorithm is changing the way we lead our countries. >> yes. you are forcing us to take positions that we dont like, that we know are bad for society. we know if we dont take those positions, we wont win in the marketplace of social media. >> the incentive structure was effectively forcing political parties to amplify negative m...

Her priorities are, same thing with greg abbott. instead of pledging his allegiance to donald trump, he really needs to pledge his allegiance to the united states and to the state of texas, and it seems as if theyre removing themselves from the very people that have voted them in, and are focusing on whether the president is going, the former president is going to run for office again, and unfortunately i think that some of these elected officials are hedging their bets and i think its going to ...

Congressman say, i didnt come here to be part of any team. the reality is we see it on both sides. the incentive structure is the blow up the legislative process. we dont talk about gus bill ruckus or peter welch. the dynamic reminds me of 2013 when ted cruz was urging people to stick it to their leadership. >> its a great point. we imagine this eternal fighting is new. i want to ask you this. the republican calculation here seems to be let democrats stew in their own juices, right, in effect he...

Decades and there is a solution right there and you could make an argument -- i have heard the argument made that neither side really wants it solved because it gives republicans something to run against democrats and it gives democrats something to try to raise their profile with latino voters and people more concerned about humanitarian efforts at the border. look how cruel and racist the republicans are. the incentive structure is completely wrong and nobody wants a solution. now, i dont thin...

Mcconnell, the senate republican leader is not budging. he usually does not bluff in situations like this, but hes also not the type of person who is interested in watching the united states default. i think this is going to have to get closer to the brnk before either side blinks because democrats are determined not to put this in reconciliation for a number of reasons, firstly they dont want to set a precedent where only one party is responsible for paying the countrys bills and secondly there...

Our intergenerational mobility is now lower than chinas which is not a compliment to china. its a reflection of how much weve lost sight of a core american attribute. if you say we agree on social mobility. lets rejig our economy and tax code in ways to restore that. >> one of the other problems and we can talk for two hours is the incentive structure is in the media and politics right now completely built around alienating and attacking as opposed to building coalitions. evan osnos, its a great...

Schumer and i may not talk to president biden, but he is not, and he is saying the same thing in private as he is in public. so like at some point, they have to give up on plan-a, and come up with plan-b, because again, i am not saying that mcconnell is, is, you know, he is right here, because i am not taking a side in this, but this is where mcconnell -- >> of course not. >> and he is not moving. and you know him, and mitch mcconnell is not going to change. >> look, and the democrats whether th...

This is a competitive race in virginia. if he wants a future in republican politics, better to admit defeat, concede the election, say i am coming back stronger next time or to have a future in the party, does he have to go with the crazy myth it was rigged and sort of pretend he is a governor in exile, that he is a victim here. i mean, what i am asking is whats the incentive structure for a republican candidate who loses, to admit defeat or claim fraud? >> i think for specifically glen, if he w...