Tressie McMillan Cottom - The Illusion of Twitter as a Public Square | The Daily Show

[@OtakuKnown]

I have never heard of this person before, but I love the way that they speak and choose their words. The conversation overall between Professor Tressie McMillan Cottom and Trevor Noah was great. They obviously have not only respect for each other but enjoy their conversation and each other's company. There's an actual conversation going on, and opinions being given in an open space for discussion. Like every other interview I've seen Trevor do, I've learned about a new amazing person, and their opinions and insights have broadened my world view. I would have never had the chance to learn about so many different people if it wasn't for Trevor bringing them on the show, and them being willing to come on. I really hope the Daily Show keeps doing this. I also really like what she said about learning and curiosity, and about Twitter and public squares overall.

[@yubantwo2086]

That Trevor is leaving this platform is our collective misfortune. Hopefully, the show will continue in this vein but no one can attract the same kind of interesting guests or, more importantly, will not be able to engage them like Trevor does. Truly a devastating loss.

[@wespeakforthetrees]

This lady makes a ton of sense. We need more people like this.

[@leafroadlounge]

An endearing thought, but it won’t sale. It should, oh by George, I wish it would-but people have a hard time facing reason too.😂

[@oliverludwig6148]

No, we don't. There's enough woke garbage already.

[@LindaMitchell]

I love hearing from Professor Cottom. Her conversations are always enlightening.

[@larrynoud4924]

She should be on other programs so more people could hear her, she is very interesting and lots of people would benefit

[@austingeolex6663]

Trevor isn't just a comedian but a constructive comedian who would love to help shape communities positively. Brilliant conversation Proff Cotton, other women should emulate. She is a blessing to the world.

[@glendaclark1799]

@jamukha Knowing Trevor's humor, he just helped you discover who you already are.

[@sdHansy]

Imagine living with such a distorted worldview.

[@dR3n5ky]

what a lovely human being - much love for prof Cottom

[@AludraEltaninAltair]

I hope the array of guests stays this phenomenal with a new host. I know there is a whole team of folks who won't be transitioning away and who have had a part in how profound Trevor's run at the healm has been. I just wanted to say thank you and put out a plea for the diverse, deep, necessary variety of voices that have come through in the past 7 years to continue into the coming time.

[@califsherry]

Prof Cottom is a delight. I could listen to her for hours.

[@michaelhawkins4920]

FAKE

[@patticriss2238]

Brilliant conversation. I love smart, engaging women who can back it up. More, please.

[@BronDunbar]

Love this! “Curiosity separates us from a brick wall!” So true!

[@laserspaceninja]

She gives me hope for human kind. Thanks for giving her time to share with us!

[@ZonDAmour]

Loved this interview! I wish it was longer! She deserved the same 20 mins as Will Smith!

[@yubantwo2086]

Mic drop!

[@Zhoujiekai]

Word

[@мизтобоюУкраїномипідтримуємоУк]

More.

[@Bridget2460]

Well said!

[@datminalady1355]

Wrote a paper on one of her articles in English this semester😊 A brilliant, enlightening woman❤

[@deborahblackshear3325]

What a great conversation Trevor and Professor Cotton. Thanks 😊 🙏. I would love to hear more from her.

[@johndough8219]

I didn't know about her until this show. She is amazing.❤

[@phyllisclark4450]

My favorite professor. Thank you for being, Dr. Cottom

[@IntuitivelyDriven]

I like the way she thinks and speaks 😌 💕

[@kuanjuliu]

How wonderful, and how much they both respect each other judging by their heartfelt words and gestures at the end.

[@CivilRepair]

This was a brilliant interview! 👏🏾 Thank you to all involved.

[@v.elizee4435]

Love this interview. Thank you Trevor.

[@cheffanie1752]

I got off all social media 6 years ago. Proudly. It's not ever been neutral. If there was a public app I would come back online, maybe 🤔 As for our libraries, yes! Always been the Best public space to access information

[@mokaLARE]

KZbin is a social media. So you didn’t get off completely.

[@bw13579_]

GREAT INTERVIEW, I ADMIRE TREVOR'S INTELLIGENCE.

[@satokoc5659]

Like Trevor said he could talk to her for hours, I could listen to her for hours. I really appreciate Trevor keep inviting her back.

[@elizabethallen4353]

Ms. Cottom is fantastic. Always appreciate her analysis.

[@valiizajames925]

And that is why she is an intellect!! The inquisitiveness to still want to learn and the strength to know she doesn't know everything!! Beautiful Woman 💐👏🏾💐👏🏾💐

[@rikkiechambers4959]

Annnd she is a library fan💚💚💚 as an ex librarian in a library that was actually used .. they are so very critical and she is so right !

[@misskhalia]

What brilliance embodied! Thank you, Prof. Cottom! And thank you, Trevor!

[@bogwitch3860]

loved being in one of her classes!!

[@forisma]

What an absolutely lovely lady 😍 enjoying listening to her!

[@TSharp94]

Tressie is the best!

[@Angela-pi6zc]

Professor Cottom's books are written for curious, ordinary folk. She challenges readers to reconsider popular cultural moments, historical events, and many social constructs from different point-of-views. Professor Cottom's books are available at your local public library!

[@faafafineartist]

SHE is fabulous!

[@IsanG08]

Love this so much❤️

[@OrangeDurito]

Thank you for your words of wisdom, Prof. Cottom. You are extremely eloquent, articulate in your opinion, and a wonderful human being to listen to. Thank you Trevor for proving once again why you ate one of the best interviewers out there.

[@ericminch]

What a smart lady! Why haven't we seen more of her influence?

[@SopranoSistah]

Agreed. I’ll give you two guesses why in the context of American society and culture.

[@grainofsalt2113]

She literally writes for the New York Times..

[@NR-cz9pe]

I love her and her Times newsletter. Hope to hear more from Tressie in the future.

[@memefree3101]

Awww my late grandmother's name was Tressie 😍

[@tylerhackner9731]

Love her

[@p4our587]

Awwww… man! I like her a lot! Great little piece, there!

[@jonathanbyrdmusic]

I can say she’s a genius, and I will.

[@jamcarsrepair5320]

Love her!

[@jessicabw]

I LOVE what Tressie is saying!

[@adorablebelle]

Professor Cottom is an incredible speaker, author and thinker!

[@dstpartyprincess21]

She is smart and intelligent! Love hearing her speak. BUT… ALSO… this skin in this dresss, babeeeeeeee unmatched 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🥰🥰

[@xandercruz900]

Yeah, ok.

[@ellengrace4609]

Professor Cottom is an intelligent voice of reason. It is people like her we should elect to office.

[@RoseofSeattle]

She is so cool 😎

[@X2LR8]

These platforms are the modern day version of the public square. That's why eventually they will no longer be treated like private enterprise. Rather they will be treated as public utilities and people won't be able to get kicked off for "wrong think".

[@AllAmericanJock]

They're not public squares. 99% of human beings do not use Twitter regularly. You extremely online people who wrongly think social media is a public square just need to go outside and interact with real people in the real world more often. So, no, you want get to take away someone's private platform and turn in public just because you spend too much time online to know the difference.

[@AndyAcker]

Came back here after Desi's post-election video with her this week. I love this woman's mind.

[@AdityaMehendale]

If I ever get a chance to vote for "president of the world", Prof. Tressie McMillan Cottom will likely be high on the list. Ideological and yet pragmatic.

[@palm3rfishman]

Professor Cottom is yet another extraordinary person interviewed excellently by Trevor Noah, among many who I either never hear or see on all the other comedy/news/culture shows, or hear from far too little. It's hard to miss that Trever has amplified a lot of Black voices in particular, which I really appreciate. Although no one can replace Trevor, I will be paying close attention to whether Comedy Central selects someone who might continue being this thoughtful as well as funny.

[@yasshilpi6427]

Trevor, we will miss you but wish you all the best for all your upcoming projects...😩☹️

[@edwardlulofs444]

Excellent. Thanks.

[@jeannieluna3009]

Fantastic!

[@marcinafaithalbert6841]

brilliant and humble

[@bgenesisthomas9146]

This is what we will miss most! Your interview’s!😂😂😂

[@thowl7065]

Great guest, she's interesting.

[@argh159]

3:08 indeed. lets work on that! we have the knowledge and the tools to make it happen.

[@nicholasschoonbeck6866]

Her idea that people who don't know things, feel less intelligent, is very obvious to anyone with lots of knowledge, because even with the best of intentions, I often end up upsetting people because they feel talked down to unless you very delicately dance around their vulnerability.

[@grainofsalt2113]

She is just so intelligent.

[@margholtz]

I agree about libraries

[@charlesguy]

SMART SMART SMART!!!

[@Callie_Castle]

I caught this so early!

[@beccafitz22]

Same

[@dancekitty135]

People just have that something special that brick walls don't!

[@Dan-ud8hz]

Great guest!

[@arondajackson1880]

Life is always a lesson, we are or should be learning something new everyday.

[@arondajackson1880]

@textontelegramfootasylum1932 lol not sure who this is.

[@gathru_]

Comedy central had better do a very special farewell for Trevor. The way he connects with everyone he chats to on the show is brilliant, and just the quality of questions is top notch. Can't wait to see how they bid him farewell, and what the surprises for the new show will be after he leaves, because they can only try to make it remain as interesting to watch or else it will lose a lot of viewership. Can't wait to see how much stuff Trevor will immerse himself into after the daily show, and path the Daily Show will take after he leaves.

[@ChrisTallant]

My word, she is brilliant. I would adore simply listening to her speak for days on end.

[@lfeb]

They don't want to promote narcissism.

[@erixxon74]

I always flinch when people say they have to believe something. What if the truth doesn’t reflect what you have decided to believe…

[@ShayTBD]

Hence religion - The perfect space to comfort such a person

[@ileanauribe]

❤❤❤❤

[@bethanythatsme]

Yes!!!

[@flotsamike]

A government owned electronic square would have to have rules that would be determined by some governing body which by definition would eventually I have to limit speech in some way to maintain order. It sounds odd but the first amendment would not allow for a government-sponsored Twitter. When Twitter was publicly owned it had a form of accountability to the shareholder. Now that it's privately owned I do not know why the rules governing monopolies in the media do not apply.

[@seanbou4122]

💖💖💖💖💖💖🙏

[@terrellyoung2689]

Even if the states or federal government own it. That wouldn't make it a free public space. The government is a single meglamaiact

[@bluerelikk]

A hero of mine

[@cheffanie1752]

💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜

[@SopranoSistah]

Outstanding exchange here.👏🏾👏🏾💯 I would love to see Chris Rock pick her brilliant brain in the same way.

[@kickthespike]

There is KZbin and FB and lots of other places to get information.

[@GM-xx5qc]

Plataforma. Alguien te la dio. Give ve back. Love you atrevido Noa !!!

[@alexaales7937]

I completely disagree with her on why people do social media. I don't think it's curiosity, I think it's mostly wanting approval and consent from other people. I don't do social media cause i know it would be the end of me :-), but I do watch US news on KZbin and sometimes I post my opinion and even I check back sometimes what people replied and if they liked my post. so I guess in a way i DO do social media :-). But in my opinion that's why people are so crazy about it, wanting to be seen.

[@Krabbykrabbkrabb]

It'd be cool if u have Maria Ressa on an intetview too

[@Patizm]

US shouldn't have anything to do with a potential public platform like that. Or any one nation for that matter. It would be too political and divisive, but UN on the other hand could be a great answer to this problem, which I believe should be like a global public square. Something that is hard attain when managed by cynical individuals looking at profit or elections.

[@xandercruz900]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. So basically somewhere else where you can reconstruct your lefty echo-chamber, full of all of the censorship you desire to "keep us saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafe".

[@thabangmagana869]

I wonder why America is never governed by people like her🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️ The world would like you better

[@johnshackelford6965]

Ideas must be public governed.

[@koka3243]

This whole debate of privately owned vs state owned completely missed the owned part: the public square can exist on its own in a decentralized architecture. And with all due respect, this imho is the reason the next public square will be designed by a techie, not a sociologist. But gotta admit that she would make a great librarian, as nothing inspires curiosity better than a personal example, of which she is the epitome.

[@ms.lkalowe7345]

Looks familiar! 💋

[@xileets]

Since the Internet is not Owned by the USA, would it be possible to have a USA-government-moderated internet public square? Perhaps we're chasing something that can't exist.

[@wolfsettgast4945]

She straightened her hair to match traditional western style, but she forgot to blonde it. I prefer to look at blond women (especially when they are dressed in black), it´is just so much classier.

[@martinez2567]

Thanks for the insight, but I'm still confused why Bitcoin and crypto prices keep dropping? This drop follows a number of other significant drops in recent weeks. I still hold enormous value of cryptos and it scares me. Whats your take on this?

[@kyrapatton1940]

🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@tintinjailhouse1312]

And how are u bro ?! Plzplz tell Lil me bro onelove!!!!

[@bugokrain]

A goddess!❤

[@timmybatan583]

The hubris of an individual who openly mocks someone who founded the biggest social media site in history and then makes attempts to solve world hunger... As if she is doing anything better about the issue.

[@Oblivionsurveyor]

Ohh gee, i wonder who shed all this light on twitter.... was it ELON!?....nooooooo. he is too rich for me to admit that

[@l2etranger]

So, Elon is the new mypillow guy?

[@aggravatedprogressive7443]

Just like a Peter Munton

[@Savi3_Skeptic]

Please make some jokes about Balenciaga

[@globalSentry]

I like her but disagree. Twitter was only 'public' but heavily controlled by a few before Ellon bought it.

[@lumiere2524]

I almost gave up on you Trevor for doing Meghan Markle show, but then you have this beautiful lady on, and I forgive you. But step it up, do your homework, and be careful of rich women with alligator shoes and blood diamonds from MbS. But I just heard that you do lots of shows for money in Arabia. And I wondered why you didn’t come out and support the women of Iran? 🤔 are they connected? IDK

[@ashfordnyathi621]

I've never thought Elon could be so annoying to us. I wish he could just shut up, respectfully we getting anxious everyday.all these threats he puts out everyday...

[@StandWithIsraelForever]

the state competing with a private company...hmmm sure?