At the Milken Institute Global Conference, Worth Media’s Dan Costa speaks with Michael Dimock, researcher and strategist, about the growing impact of media fragmentation, political polarization, and AI on public discourse and civic life.
Michael shares how the shift from shared news sources to millions of individualized information feeds is reshaping how Americans see the world—and how hard it has become to build national consensus. He also explains how AI is changing the research landscape, giving new insight into what people are really consuming across fragmented media ecosystems.
This insightful conversation covers:
- 📺 The end of shared media experiences—and what that means for democratic cohesion
- 📊 How AI is revolutionizing political and social research
- 🌐 Whether fragmented media is better or worse than a monolithic narrative
- 🧠 Why understanding the “information ecosystem” is critical for civic engagement
- 💼 Why Milken’s business-first lens brings a refreshing pragmatism to today’s polarized moment
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The AI Revolution in Healthcare Is Happening Faster Than Most People Realize with Brian Kreiter
At the Milken Institute Global Conference 2026, Dan Costa speaks with Brian Kreiter, Co-Founder and CEO of Braidwell, about the future of medicine, AI-driven drug discovery, biotech investing, and why healthcare may be entering its biggest transformation in decades. Kreiter explains how Braidwell combines science, investing, and technology to identify breakthrough medicines—and why artificial intelligence […]
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The AI Boom Is Creating an Energy Crisis Nobody Is Ready For with Milken Institute’s Rachel Halfaker
Rachel Halfaker of Milken Institute discusses AI, climate finance, energy infrastructure, and the future of American development.
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The Data Advantage No One Talks About with Clear Street’s John Levene
After nearly three decades inside legacy Wall Street institutions, including 14 years as a partner, John Levene made a decisive move: leaving traditional prime brokerage to help build a modern clearing platform from the ground up. Recorded live at iConnections, this conversation explores why outdated infrastructure is limiting major banks, how cloud-native systems are changing […]
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The New Power Players in Markets with Clear Street’s Mark Daniels
At the iConnections Global Conference, Worth Media’s Jim McCann sits down with Mark Daniels, Head of Platform Sales at Clear Street, to discuss how fintech infrastructure is reshaping institutional finance. Clear Street was built to challenge the legacy systems that have powered Wall Street for decades. In this conversation, Daniels explains how modern cloud-native technology […]
