ReThinking: Fixing social media with Pinterest CEO Bill Ready

This episode of Rethinking features Adam Grant interviewing Bill Ready, the CEO of Pinterest, about his efforts to make social media a more positive and safer space, especially for young people. Ready discusses the problems with engagement-driven algorithms that prioritize view time over well-being, leading to increased anxiety and depression. He explains how Pinterest is tuning its AI for positivity by focusing on intentional user choices and promoting content that encourages real-world engagement. Ready also advocates for phone-free schools and shares Pinterest's initiatives to support this, such as prompting young users during school hours and offering tools to turn off notifications. The conversation further explores the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, with Ready emphasizing that it enhances meritocracy and contributes to better business outcomes.