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No amount of technology or code can correct or fix our human predisposition to live in bubbles. Who we choose to follow and listen to or avoid and ignore is a p
by zaphar 10y ago
No amount of technology or code can correct or fix our human predisposition to live in bubbles. Who we choose to follow and listen to or avoid and ignore is a personal choice.
Facebook can't fix it. Twitter can't fix it. Reddit can't fix it. Only an individual can fix it.
- vkou 10y agoIf technology can exacerbate our predisposition to live in bubbles, then surely technology can inhibit that same predisposition. Defaults matter, tools are not neutral, etc.
- zaphar 10y agoI'm not so sure that technology does exacerbate the problem any more than a living without the internet does. This is far from a settled question in my mind.