This piece [1], on one of THE hotbutton topics of the last year, caught my attention. The background of the writer (one of Facebook's earliest investors and a longtime mentor of Mark Zuckerberg) makes it more disquieting. It's a long but worthwhile read, which I recommend.
The need for being open to viewpoints other than ones own has never been so stark. Speaking for myself, * Online (primarily facebook) - I deliberately follow people whose viewpoints I find toxic, or even completely alien. I also use forums like silk to practice "having my mind changed". * Offline - I have a goal of meeting at least one new interesting person a week, a goal I have successfully met for over a decade. And, of course, there's The Goa Project, which I do explicitly in order to meet new interesting people. What steps are folks here taking to avoid filter bubbles? Udhay [1] https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/january-february-march-2018/how-to-fix-facebook-before-it-fixes-us/ -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
