> It’s one thing to continuously confirm the beliefs of old people, it’s quite another to funnel impressionable children I'm not sure there's much of a differe

> It’s one thing to continuously confirm the beliefs of old people, it’s quite another to funnel impressionable children I'm not sure there's much of a difference. I'm very grateful for my high school librarian who ingrained into our minds the importance of data verification. She seemed to recognize the potential for user manipulation in a very real way. I feel like that's something that a majority of my acquaintances lack. Before Google search got personalized it was great for fact checking, but today it seems to re-enforce your existing views. There's value in both approaches, but it depends on context. At some point I'm sure that context will be resolved, but I'm afraid the fallout from the existing state of things will be severe.