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Everybody has the social right to shape their environment. Given how huge an influence the environment has on us, this is vital. At the same time, people have
by FeepingCreature 10y ago
Everybody has the social right to shape their environment. Given how huge an influence the environment has on us, this is vital.
At the same time, people have to take and carry responsibility for their environment. I think we need to become more aware of the huge biases we are exposed to by living in media bubbles. A huge part of that is that both sides need to tone down the us-vs-them rhetoric, because it makes it very hard for somebody in the other camp to listen to opposing voices.
I do think there's an instituional lack of options today for people who want bipartisan news, partially because bipartisan reporting would get flak from both "sides", but also because partisan outrage sells.
We share responsibility for our environment. As long as we buy partisan outrage, that is what will surround us.
You aren't a victim of the market, you are the market.
- crusso 10y agowe need to become more aware of the huge biases we are exposed to by living in media bubbles Before the Internet, we lived in media bubbles manufactured by relatively few voices in the media and political power structure. Now we still have influences, but they're less centralized.