Is There a Trade-Off Between Discourse and Exchange?

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I don't think the answer is that we should all listen to Walter Cronkite. I mean, that I think suppresses perspective and voice at the same time. And so we need to do both. But you could see a case where you have 10 social media companies where you get to frame your social media consumption of what type of things you want to see. You're still engaged in multiple forums that have some sense of commonness to them that are exposing you to alternative points of view.

Congressman Ro Khanna is an American politician, lawyer, and academic. He is currently serving as U.S. Representative for California's 17th district, including much of Silicon Valley.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Ro Khanna discuss how we can protect free speech and civic agency in the age of the internet; what it would mean to have a cultural patriotism that celebrates both the tradition and the dynamism of American life; and where he stands on the debates concerning misinformation and censorship.

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