Einstein and a Theory of Disinformation

Too Much (dis)Information

#Episode 13

Benyamin Cohen

This week, we are doing something a little bit different. Our topic will be Albert Einstein!

And we have Albert Einstein on the show…well, the voice for Albert Einstein as Benyamin Cohen, our guest, is the official manager of Einstein’s social media accounts which collectively have more than 20 million followers.

He recently penned a New York Times opinion piece titled ‘Einstein and a Theory of Disinformation’, which will undoubtedly be the bulk of our conversation today.

Benyamin is the News Director of the Forward and was the founding editor of American Jewish Life magazine. He is the author of the forthcoming book “The Einstein Effect”

Topics covered:

• Why are we still obsessed with Albert Einstein
• How was Einstein’s career almost derailed due to disinformation in the 1920s
• How often does Benyamin see a quote wrongly attributed to Albert Einstein
• What would Einstein think of today’s disinformation problem

Benyamin's New York Times op-ed: Einstein and a Theory of Disinformation - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/04/opinion/einstein-disinformation.html

Order your copy of The Einstein Effect book - https://www.einsteineffectbook.com/

Too Much (dis)Information

The podcast that explores everything related to disinformation and online networks. To help us make sense of the global town square that is social media, in every episode, our host speaks to a fresh voice to uncover the good, bad, and fake online.

This podcast believes that we are at a pivotal moment in the fight against disinformation. Many people apply the word disinformation to everything from fake news, bot networks, malicious actors, influence operations, manipulation, inauthentic accounts, social media imposters, OSINT threat intelligence, and much more.

So do we...

From the trends to the tools, Too Much (dis)Information brings you the experts on the front line fighting disinformation, and all its forms, across the public sector, brands, cyber security professionals, and academia.

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