Escape the echo chamber

Tue, 29 May 2018 22:37:23 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-as-hard-to-escape-an-echo-chamber-as-it-is-to-flee-a-cult>

"First you don’t hear other views. Then you can’t trust them. Your
personal information network entraps you just like a cult"

A lengthy and important essay.  Via Greg Batmarx.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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Mon, 17 Sep 2018 20:14:40 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-as-hard-to-escape-an-echo-chamber-as-it-is-to-flee-a-cult>

"First you don’t hear other views. Then you can’t trust them. Your personal
information network entraps you just like a cult"

On the importance of trust and goodwill.

Via Theodore Ts'o, who wrote:

This is a fascinating article.  And it puts to question whether or not "The
only remedy is More Speech" is always true.  In a world where everyone is
rational, sure.  But  Richard Thaler was recently awarded Nobel Memorial
Prize in Economic Sciences for discovering that, in fact, humans are not
rational actors, and to assume that in the course of economic theories would
lead you down the primrose path.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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