: If you go protected you can manage your info env.
Me: But won't that construct an echo chamber?
: It doesn't have to if you're careful and deliberate.
Me: OK but I think you're failing to remember how good it feels when strangers agree with me on the internet, too.
:https://twitter.com/generativist/status/1113473361810665472 …
-
-
Replying to @generativist
What's wrong with creating an echo chamber? I get that some people think that in some vague abstract way it hurts the body politic, but that seems like weighing a real concrete harm to your sanity against a potential and frankly unproven harm to society.
3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @kareem_carr @generativist
I wonder if it's less about who agrees with you and instead "how much". Off the internet, we engage in homophily regularly. I think the harm is about how often we do so and to what degree.
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @80Data @kareem_carr
💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 Retweeted 💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫
💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 added,
💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 @generativistReplying to @generativist @kareem_carrThe bad effects only manifest when your chamber and mine are socially-partitioned and spend a pathology-inducing amount of time in adversarial inter-group contact. Absent that, mistakes tend to melt away because errors are expensive.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @generativist @kareem_carr
!!! Also, the internet provides an easier way to depersonalize others and ourselves to engage in that kind of behavior. Imagine doing that in real life- it would basically be a college class on steroids where everyone was talking.
1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
Yes. Is this stuff you're interested in? After I'm defending I'm setting up a reading / discussion list for these issues and I can add you to the twitter list I'm going to use to seed it.
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.