The cost of our comfort

There’s a lot competing for our attention these days, from the Jan. 6 committee hearings that get underway this week to the aftermath of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas. On the show today, we discuss whether our ability to turn away from seeing horrific images and witnessing history has a price. Plus, the Elon Musk-Twitter saga continues.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Trump on Trial: A Guide to the January 6 Hearings and the Question of Criminality” from the Brookings Institution
Opinion | “It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore.” from The New York Times
Opinion | Nick Ut: I took the photo of Kim Phuc that helped end the Vietnam War. Photojournalism still matters today. from The Washington Post
“Publishing Photos of Dead Children Could Backfire” from The Atlantic
“Elon Musk Threatens to End Twitter Deal Over Lack of Information on Spam Accounts” from The Wall Street Journal
Is the Swedengate hospitality controversy real? Long ago, maybe. from The Washington Post
“Autonomous Mayflower Messes up Trip That Humans Successfully Completed Hundreds of Years Ago” from Jalopnik

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