Difficult things: a Video

May 6

A video shot in France. Normally I like to cut rapidly among a multiplicity of images. This includes just one shot. It is about the need, in life, to do difficult things. Difficult things like admitting you are wrong. Or difficult things like admitting you were wrong when you are not convinced you were wrong.

Mitchell Stephens

Mitchell Stephens, one of the editors of this site, is the author of nine books, including the rise of the image the fall of the word, A History of News, Imagine There’s No Heaven: How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World, Beyond News: The Future of Journalism, and The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th Century Journalism. He is a professor emeritus of Journalism at New York University, lives in New York City and spends a lot of time traveling and fiddling with video.

Difficult things: a Video

Additional videos by Mitchell Stephens:

On deciding to have elective surgery

A Stroke of Luck