[wael] without facebook, twitter, google, youtube, appe ned. how big an impact has social networking had on our lives, it s huge. we have of the dogs on it. without facebook, twitter, google, u2, this revolution could never have happened. you guys end up spending 45 minutes or an hour instead of just going to sleep? yeah. managing my brand placements, it s a full-time job. your news fr om? before i get out of bed every morning, i m always on twitter. fake news can have real-world consequences. the pandemic wasn t real and we re here to take the country back. [music] the web is incredibly exciting because it is the fulfillment of a lot of our dreams that the computer would ultimately not be primarily a device for computation, but metamorphosize into a device for communication. [stephen] the promise of the internet from the 90s and the 2000s is that we were all going to share a big, digital community. you know, be part of the global network. and with the rise of
[wael] without facebook, twitter, google, youtube, this revolution would have never happened. do you guys end up spending 45 minutes or an hour scrolling through your phone instead of just going to sleep? [girls] yeah. managing my followers, my brand placements, it s a full-time job. your being observed constantly and algorithms are taking that information and changing what you see next until they ve changed your behavior. we didn t take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake. where are you getting your news from? before i get out of bed every morning, i m always on twitter. fake news can have real-world consequences. the pandemic wasn t real and we re here to take the country back. [music] the web is incredibly exciting because it is the fulfillment of a lot of our dreams that the computer would ultimately not be primarily a device for computation, but metamorphosize into a device for communication. [stephen] the promise of the internet from the
Nonfunction books and authors. Nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Youre watching booktv. Coming up next, Jennifer Jacquet says the public shaming of governments and corporations can be a powerful tool in creating social and economic change. This is about an hour, 15 minutes. Welcome to the brook runs Public Library brooklyn Public Library. This is usually on when i start. Please welcome Jennifer Jacquet. Hello. [applause] were here to discuss her first book, is t is shame necessary,. And only book. Say that again . And only book. Only book so far. Many yet to come. Let me just give you a sample of joner ifs biography. Do you want to read a page or two, or do you want to just start right in after i do your biography . Im happy to start right in. Okay. Jennifer jacquet is an assistant professor at new york university. She works at the intersection of conservation and cooperation focusing on the Human Dimensions of large scale social dilemmas such as overfishing
That all happens starting next on cspan2s booktv. And now on booktv, jon ronson takes a look at public shaming in the internet age and the impact its had on the lives of people who have been targeted. [inaudible conversations] hi, everyone. Id like to welcome you to book court. Thank you so much for coming. Were very excited to have jon ronson here with us tonight. He is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and best selling author of the psychopath test, lost at sea them, and the men who stare at goats. His writing has appeared in many places including the guardian, New York Times, vanity fair, gq and others. He contributes regularly to this american life, and we are very excited to have him here to talk about his new book, so youve been publicly shamed. Without further ado, please join me in welcoming jon ronson. [applause] hi. Thank you very much for coming. I thought id start by telling you the story of the worst thing that i ever did. [laughter] its not in the book. It was too painf
I went to these things in central portugal. And i went there was a conspiracy theorist from this town who has now departed and we tried to infiltrate the builder bird mating and obviously lots of conspiracy theorists from all different stripes of the illuminati so we scouted around the hotel and then left and then got chased by men in dark glasses. I should tell you i wasnt sure it existed. I just went there because i thought this is what conspiracy theorists believe. It was never in the Mainstream Media. I thought this was just a fantasy so i went there and i thought maybe something is happening but im sure its not important. So we scouted around the hotel with jim tucker trying to forge contacts with waitresses and Chamber Maids which was really unsuccessful and then we left and i noticed a dark green was following us. When i say chase i was going 30 miles an hour and so was he. If i had gone faster he would have gone faster so driving to portugal i am panicking. Obviously ive never