This chapter explores the role of news and the availability bias that leads us to be drawn to negative news. It discusses how journalism often focuses on the worst events and why the nightly news often starts with catastrophic local events. It also touches on the tendency to disproportionately focus on negative stories and comments.
Iconic graphic designer, typographer, author, and educator Stefan Sagmeister joins live on the CreativeMornings stage to talk about his multi-decade, ever-evolving career and his newest book, Now is Better, transforming facts about the state of our world into abstract data visualizations.