Tag: self-segregation
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Activists caught in the Filter Bubble
How personalization helps activists find each other while losing society Also published at Alternet. Eli Pariser’s new book The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You is a must-read for pretty much anyone who uses the Internet. Eli breaks down troubling trends emerging in the World Wide Web that threaten not only individual…
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Book Review: The Big Sort (part 1)
“How could Bush have possibly won?! I don’t know anyone who voted for him!” “How could Obama have possibly won?! I don’t know anyone who voted for him!” Depending on where you live and who you associate with, you’re likely to have heard some version of one or the other of the above two quotes…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 