AH: Yeah, you do great work and I think one of the things that we like to do is cross post good things and just basically expand the reach of the good work being done in different fields. As you said, we're launching Divorce on November 2nd which was Nora Ephron's idea because as I know being divorced it affects people in very deep ways that we all need to discuss. How do you parent after divorce?, how do you date after divorce? All of these things and having an engaged community discussing issues can only help.
RK: You say in your book our slide into third world America may not be televised, but it will be "blogged, tweeted, posted on facebook, covered with a camera phone, uploaded to YouTube and by shining a spotlight on it you might be able to preserve it.
AH: We might be able to prevent it.
RK: Prevent it. Right, I typed it in, I got it wrong.
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RK: So you're doing incredible things, you've reached heights that are pretty amazing. What are your visions for how you would like Huffington Post to make a difference and how is it making a difference in your eyes and changing the media, in changing the world, in changing politics?
AH: Well, I believe that we're living through a very dangerous transition moment and as we always do in times of economic anxiety, a lot of forces have been unleashed that appeal to the worst in us. So, it is now up to us to also do whatever we can to appeal to the best in us, to the better angels of our nature and that is where working at the grassroots level, giving back is absolutely critical. Because, unfortunately when this distracting demonizing force is unleashed it is not susceptible to logic, but we can unleash these forces of empathy and engagement that we were talking about and that is the way to make sure that we rebuild America and prevent it from becoming a third world country.
RK: Huffington Post has evolved from first being a lot of politics to now politics being less and less and some say it's 20 percent of your content. You've got lots of things on entertainment and what have you. How do you respond to people who criticize that and how do you think that fits into this vision of yours of making a difference and helping to find your higher angels?
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