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So much knowledge of various places (downtown of my city, for example) is not first hand, but from (social) media. I'm reminded of this video from Bowling for

So much knowledge of various places (downtown of my city, for example) is not first hand, but from (social) media. I'm reminded of this video from Bowling for Columbine, where they stroll around South Central LA, and realize its pleasant and nothing crazy is happening. https://vimeo.com/39131010 https://vimeo.com/39131010 Even without any nefarious motivations, simple survivorship bias will mean any form of media will report on the exceptions to the rule, not the rule itself. Don't substitute media input for first hand knowledge. Since Covid+WfH, I've felt this acutely and had to remind myself online is not real life.

10111001 3y ago
> So much knowledge of various places (downtown of my city, for example) is not first hand, but from (social) media. > I'm reminded of this video from Bowling for Columbine, where they stroll around South Central LA, and realize its pleasant and nothing crazy is happening. You might have a point, but: 1. A citation to a partisan propagandist shouldn't convince anyone. 2. The segment seems to rest on the fallacious assumption that dangerous areas can never be pleasant and will continuously have something "crazy" happening. I mean, there are literal warzones where you could probably manage to film a five minute stroll through some pleasant meadow (due to lulls in the fighting). I think the truth is that it's just hard to get a true impression of a place without actually spending a lot of time there.