Barack Obama to Prince Harry: Leaders must use care on social media
Former President Barack Obama  told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday that people in leadership roles must be careful in their use of social media and warned against spending too much time immersed in the internet at the expense of the world outside.
 Obama  did not  however  directly mention  his  successor  President Donald Trump  who has made the use of Twitter a centerpiece of  his  presidency.
"All of us in leadership have to find ways to recreate a common space on the internet "  he  said. "One of the dangers of the internet is people can have entirely different realities. They can be just cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases."
 He  spoke with Harry in the prince's capacity as guest editor of the BBC Radio 4 news program. Both men said the interview  recorded in Canada in September  was  Obama 's first since leaving the presidency in January.
 Obama  said  he  felt serene the day  he  left the White House at the end of  his  second four-year term despite the vast amount of work that remained unfinished.  He  said it was "hugely liberating" to be able to set  his  own agenda in the morning to have the time to talk with  his  wife  Michelle  now that  he  is no longer president.
"I miss the work itself because it was fascinating  " Obama  said of  his  eight years in the Oval Office  citing  his  health care reforms as one of  his  proudest achievements.
In a brief live segment at the end of the show  Harry said he did not know if  Obama  would be on the guest list for his wedding in May to American actress Meghan Markle.
The prince used his position to ask  Obama  a "lightning round" of questions of the type normally asked of entertainers  not politicians.
 The former president  declined to say whether  he  wears boxers or briefs  preserving a bit of post-presidential dignity  but was willing to say  he  prefers Aretha Franklin to Tina Turner â "Aretha is the best "  he  said of the Queen of Soul â and favors retired basketball star Michael Jordan over current phenom LeBron James.
 Obama  rejected gloomy prognostications about the state of the world  saying that in many ways the world is healthier and wealthier than it has ever been  making it perhaps the best time in human history to be born.
 He  cited improved treatment of African-Americans and greatly expanded opportunities for young women as achievements of the past few generations that give  him  hope for the future.
[TGT] told Prince Harry in an interview broadcast Wednesday that people in leadership roles must be careful in their use of social media and warned against spending too much time immersed in the internet at the expense of the world outside.
  [TGT] did not  however  directly mention   [TGT]   successor  President Donald Trump  who has made the use of Twitter a centerpiece of   [TGT]   presidency.
"All of us in leadership have to find ways to recreate a common space on the internet "  he  said. "One of the dangers of the internet is people can have entirely different realities. They can be just cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases."
 He  spoke with Harry in the prince's capacity as guest editor of the BBC Radio 4 news program. Both men said the interview  recorded in Canada in September  was   [TGT]  's first since leaving the presidency in January.
  [TGT] said   [TGT]   felt serene the day   [TGT]   left the White House at the end of   [TGT]   second four-year term despite the vast amount of work that remained unfinished.   [TGT]   said it was "hugely liberating" to be able to set   [TGT]   own agenda in the morning to have the time to talk with  his  wife  Michelle  now that  he  is no longer president.
"I miss the work itself because it was fascinating  "  [TGT] said of   [TGT]   eight years in the Oval Office  citing   [TGT]   health care reforms as one of   [TGT]   proudest achievements.
In a brief live segment at the end of the show  Harry said he did not know if   [TGT] would be on the guest list for his wedding in May to American actress Meghan Markle.
The prince used his position to ask   [TGT] a "lightning round" of questions of the type normally asked of entertainers  not politicians.
 The former president  declined to say whether  he  wears boxers or briefs  preserving a bit of post-presidential dignity  but was willing to say  he  prefers Aretha Franklin to Tina Turner â "Aretha is the best "  he  said of the Queen of Soul â and favors retired basketball star Michael Jordan over current phenom LeBron James.
  [TGT] rejected gloomy prognostications about the state of the world  saying that in many ways the world is healthier and wealthier than it has ever been  making it perhaps the best time in human history to be born.
  [TGT]   cited improved treatment of African-Americans and greatly expanded opportunities for young women as achievements of the past few generations that give   [TGT]   hope for the future.