People always ask, they go / is the world going to be in a better place? / Is the world getting better / or is it getting worse. / Now, depending on who you ask / there will always be a different answer. / I've come to found / I've come to find one of the reasons I believe the world is getting better / is because / we have access to information / on how bad the world actually is / which I know is a strange thing to say / but that's honestly what I believe. / As a young person/ and as someone who makes a show for young people, / one of the most / powerful / tools I've realized is information. / We come from an age where / there was misinformation, disinformation and there is some of it today / but now / more than ever young people communicate / across / borders, / across continents, / you see people in England / and in America and South Africa tweeting, / talking / to people / in Myanmar. / You see people speaking / out / about what they see happening / in Sudan, / you see people / commiserating and sharing / with victims of hurricanes / across the Caribbean / or across Texas / and / whenever I look at that I go / it's one of the most powerful tools / that if harnessed correctly / can lead to a completely new way that we communicate and we change the world. / And young people are driven. / That's one of the most beautiful things I've realized is we live in a new age. / Millennials oftentimes / are marked / they're lazy, / they believe that they're entitled / and they cry / about small things which is true / but / they're also driven, / they also wish to make a change, / they also believe / that they can make a change. / I believe that information and these tools that we possess today / have helped increase that. / (you know) / More than ever / we see that in America / (you know) . As the host of The Daily Show / I'm obviously in a world where we comment on news and politics / and one thing I've noticed with my audience is / not only / are young people growing into the world of politics / but they're engaged, / engaged in a way that people were never engaged before, / engaged in a way where they understand that they can actually change the course of history as opposed to just being part of it. /