By Jane Wakefield, BBC
Jared Cohen wants what every Miss World contestant used to want – world peace. But as the head of a new Google spin-off, dubbed Google Ideas, he might be in more of a position to achieve it. Mr Cohen describes the venture as think/do-tank aiming to find web-based solutions for some of the world’s most difficult problems. “There are a lot of challenges out there, from the radicalisation of youths to fragile states. We are trying to reframe some of those challenges and find solutions,” he said. One quite simple idea is to use the internet, as the “ultimate distraction technology” to persuade youths away from radical preachers.
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