Misinformation, Media Literacy and Listening to People Who Disagree with Brian Knappenberger

Joining us this week is Brian Knappenberger, a producer and director renowned for such documentaries as Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, and Turning Point: 9/11, to name a few. He shares insights from his recent documentary series Web of Make Believe (currently available on Netflix!) and the trajectory of misinformation, which has been around for centuries, through a lens from the 2016 election forward. We explore themes around technology innovation and how society adapts in both positive and negative ways – and how it presents opportunities for cyber attackers to exploit cracks in the system for financial gain. And we discuss impact of today's always on/always connected world where as Marshall McLuhan once observed has become "quite as imperceptible to us as water is to fish." Brian Knappenberger, Producer and Director Brian Knappenberger is an American documentary filmmaker, known for The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, and Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror and his work on Bloomberg Game Changers.