# How fear drives American politics

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2015
- Speaker: David Rothkopf
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_rothkopf_how_fear_drives_american_politics)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Does it seem like Washington has no new ideas? Instead of looking to build the future, it sometimes feels like the US political establishment happily retreats into fear and willful ignorance. Journalist David Rothkopf lays out a few of the major issues that US leadership is failing to address -- from cybercrime to world-shaking new tech to the reality of modern total war -- and calls for a new vision that sets fear aside.

## Lectures

1. [How fear drives American politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_rothkopf_how_fear_drives_american_politics/6f60545f56a9), 18 min (TED's player)