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Nov272020

Do "Bubbles" cause our "Troubles"? 

      Eric Weinstein @EricRWeinstein , a popular MediaMan, has a knack for introducing queries on Twitter that provoke huge   numbers of comments.  He chooses simple relevant topics that strike a nerve in all of his wide following.  Recently he offered the following:

      People say you shouldn’t live in a filter bubble. I don’t know about that. My experience of living in multiple incompatible filter bubbles is pretty awful. Takeaway: the fault is on the media and tech side. The bubble are the problem. Given the bubbles choosing one makes sense.

Not surprisingly this drew a huge number and diversity of responses.  I liked the three following best.

We surround ourselves with a bubble of confirmation bias. Everything outside becomes a potential pin.

I’m afraid it’s bubbles all the way down.

It's difficult to actually enjoy being completely open-minded. The price of that level of freedom is constant doubt and instability.

My personal take is that, as chosen characters in this evolutionary play, we are obliged to endure the instability and doubt in pursuing maximum "cross-bubble exposure", but....like, the duality of work/rest, we best take periodic solace in our most comfortable bubble.

@EricRWeinstein



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