Improving the News, with Max Tegmark

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English - February 22, 2021 23:00 - 51 minutes - 48 MB - ★★★★★ - 12.9K ratings
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How do we improve the news? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice talk echo chambers and America’s media problem with Max Tegmark, physicist and creator of AI media tool ImproveTheNews.org, and journalist Jeff Jarvis.

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