The response to coronavirus is a, like you've said, sort of a UV light or a tracer bullet for finding all the interdependent pockets of society that then reveal what do we have to do as a collective? We learned those lessons in the Great Depression to move towards a savings oriented relationship to say finance. How we most leverage those lessons now and then what particularly, because I, the whole point of this podcast is to think about how the technology platforms are in a role to coordinate that effective communication.
We agree more than we think we do, but tech platforms distort our perceptions by amplifying the loudest, angriest and most dismissive voices online. In reality, they’re just a noisy faction. This Earth Day we ask Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, how he shifts public opinion on climate change. We’ll see how tech platforms could amplify voices of solidarity within our own communities. More importantly, we’ll see how they could empower 2 billion people to act in the face of global threats.