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Maybe it is just me, but when I search for something I look for information, not some bit I happen to agree with for my entertainment. We see the same problem
by linuxhansl 13y ago
Maybe it is just me, but when I search for something I look for information, not some bit I happen to agree with for my entertainment.
We see the same problem with the news (think Fox News). It's not information, it's "infotainment".
All it leads to is more people who are no longer able to even consider other viewpoints.
- mhurron 13y agoHN itself is something of an echo chamber, there are not many differing viewpoints held in high esteem here. So it's not always just when looking for information, but the fact that we try to find others who think like we do when actually looking for rest and entertainment. Your social group ends up shielding you from other viewpoints because that is the easier way to exist.
- ams6110 13y agoAll television news networks and programs exist to sell advertising, and compete for viewers by picking sensational stories, dramatizing the reporting, and reacting to ratings.
- linuxhansl 13y agoNot sure why your comment was down voted. You are correct. The "news" are reported such that you agree with them and your thus more likely to stay on the channel.
- mcguire 13y ago"...when I search for something I look for information..." The problem is, to paraphrase someone I generally disagree with, not in what you know that you don't know, but rather in what you don't know that you don't know. To look for information, you have to know it exists; you're less likely to know to look for something if it never impinges on your bubble.
- linuxhansl 13y agoIsn't that what I do "partially" with searching, though? I am looking for something I don't necessarily know ahead of time. The stuff I don't know I don't know is exactly that which is most valuable to broaden my horizon.