A Conversation About the Future
Andres Martinez, Mark Cuban, Caitlin Flanagan and Steven Johnson
DAVID STRICK FOR TIME
For this week's cover story, TIME editors assembled a panel of four thinkers—Mark Cuban, an Internet entrepreneur who also owns a basketball team, Andres Martinez, the editor of the Los Angeles Times opinion pages; Steven Johnson, an expert in technology and popular culture; and Caitlin Flanagan, a mother who writes about the American family—to talk about the trends that will shape our future.
- Listen to a podcast of the complete
discussion (1 hr. 15 min.):
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- Excerpts from the panel:
- The Internet | Steven Johnson:
The rise of "professional amateurs" Listen
- Politics | Andres Martinez: We're
not as polarized as we think Listen
- Politics | Steven Johnson:
Exposure to diverse ideas does not breed tolerance Listen
- Immigration | Caitlin Flanagan:
The efficacy of social programs in light of immigrants' success Listen
- New Communities | Mark Cuban:
We're no longer objective; we're all "joiners" now Listen
- Education | Mark Cuban: Our new
"open-book test" world
Listen - Education | Steven Johnson: It's
time for new tests Listen
- The Information Age | Andres
Martinez: We need ways to cope with information overload Listen
- The Information Age: Is the
shower your last bastion of alone-time?
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