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Having the option to live in an echo chamber also means we have the option to pick the wise and rational sources from which to listen to. Whereas before when TV
by tw1010 9y ago
Having the option to live in an echo chamber also means we have the option to pick the wise and rational sources from which to listen to. Whereas before when TV and the local community supposedly was the source of diversity of thought, did you also have to put up with a lot of irrational bullshit that is inherent in socially propagated truth. I'm glad I'm not forced to live in that world anymore. For people who live in the outskirts, or who don't have access to a university culture to get their rational (isolated, echo chamber-y) conversation from, the internet is a godsend. Saying that you wish that echo chambers wasn't an option anymore also means that you wish people didn't have the option to experiment with a community whose values don't align with the norms of their local enviourment.
- weberc2 9y ago> Having the option to live in an echo chamber also means we have the option to pick the wise and rational sources from which to listen to. Whereas before when TV and the local community supposedly was the source of diversity of thought, did you also have to put up with a lot of irrational bullshit that is inherent in socially propagated truth. I definitely have to deal with more socially propagated bullshit now than at any time in my history. Perhaps ironically, much more of it seems to be coming out of academia and journalism than ever before. For example, I can't think of a time when fields as patently ludicrous as "critical theory" have been taken as seriously as now. I can only speculate as to the cause.
- drngdds 9y agoI agree with this. "Echo chambers" (i.e., communities with the kind of people and content I like to interact with) are great as long as you know when you're in one.