joining him is fellow new yorker staff writer, ensign cunningham. as magazines go critic. his byline has appeared in the new york times magazines, new york times magazines, and book review and alter, the old, in mcsweeney news internet tendency. he is currently teaching and zero losses writing course. i couldn't be more excited to hear from them all better informational landscape and how it's been transformed monopolized and radicalized. what its creators and inhabitants have it to see about the results and with that in mind, please join me in welcoming vincent andrew to the strand. [applause] >> it is great to be here with you. so start on the title, you have set out to really draw what i say of as a fungal. online extremist. i guess take the bullet for all of us. and exposing yourself to that. techno- utopian, evil and sort of the top of the tech world. and the employees are part of this triangle is like squares were for the new yorker. i would love to just sort of trace all parts of that triangle. the first thing one ask is just about the question that a lot of people a