How Did You Become a Journalist?

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CNN's John Sutter sat down with the author to talk about his new book, "The Dark Side of The Internet" He says he started out by noticing how often we communicate through social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. But as a journalist, it was uncomfortable for him to give access to people who were trying to break our democracy in some ways, writes Sutter. 'There's no one size fits all answer to that ethical conundrum'

The internet can be a wonderful, but also a terribly unpleasant place. Andrew Marantz knows this well. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker who spent three years embedded in the world of internet trolls to understand how regular people propel fringe talking points into the heart of online conversations. In this episode, he shares how ideas spread on the internet – and what we can do to make our digital experiences less about doom-scrolling, and more about real human connection. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts