Noah Finberg ’16, former CEO of Considdr and now head of data for Firm Prospects, will discuss information polarization and democracy. Is part of the explanation for political polarization that our minds aren’t very good at forming evidence-based beliefs? With so much information we now have at our disposal, why is information more likely to be weaponized than to be harnessed as fuel for “a new Socratic age?”

Associate Professor of Government Laurence takes on the issue of democracy and the media. What role does the growth of sensationalist, opinionated, misleading, or even false journalism play in subverting democracy?