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This is exactly the dynamic that's already creating the extreme polarization we're seeing, where people are living in self-selected echo chambers that have no c
by pmichaud 8y ago
This is exactly the dynamic that's already creating the extreme polarization we're seeing, where people are living in self-selected echo chambers that have no common overlap with each other or, frankly, with reality much of the time. We have to do better than this.
- nine_k 8y ago"How do I only hear what I want to hear, but say whatever I like, with no external limitations?" I think the only way to achieve the above is just that: create an area with like-minded people, who think and speak similar enough things, also derogatorily called a filter bubble. Freedom is only freedom when it equally applies to people you like and people you don't like. Otherwise, it's a tyranny of your taste, however well-meaning it might be.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoIn an analogue to censorship vs. filtering, we also want a society that has as much freedom as possible, but is also stable and not self-destructive. The two goals are, too, at odds.
- nine_k 8y agoYes, these goals are fundamentally at odds, and any close-to-current-optimum balance is a dynamic one. (Life is full of this; see more at "First noble truth". Alas.)
- Vinnl 8y agoOr: the only way to prevent the polarisation of society, is by throwing out the wish to only hear what you want to hear, but to say whatever you like.