TED-Filter Bubbles-Unseen Censorship on the Internet

Man, this vid scares me. Glad some of the right people were in the audience.
enochsays...

the flow and exchange of ideas is vital and one of the reasons the sift is one of my favorite sites to visit and contribute.
where is the fun in seeing the same flavor with no opposing view or argument?
thats when it becomes one big circle jerk and everyone squats in their own putrid righteousness.
i prefer that my opinions and conclusions are challenged rather than parroted.
to do otherwise is to stagnate.

grintersays...

I'm not so sure that TED is about bringing us topics that are "uncomfortable" or "challenging".., topics that are "important", yes.
TED is about preaching to the choir.. but bringing in Really Good guest preachers.

..ditto for The Sift.

shagen454says...

I haven't finished this yet but the net created political change in Egypt... before they shut it off.

That said, Anonymous should really go after that problem instead of largely ignorable nuisances like the Church of Scientology which only becomes a problem if you're braindead enough to join or Tom Cruise opens his mouth.

gharksays...

>> ^Payback:

I don't understand what you guys are blathering about, I've seen this Will Farrell vid with his 2 year old landlady a million times.


Lol yea I got that too, but not on this vid, on the vid that was supposed to be him impersonating Bush.

Mashikisays...

>> ^imstellar28:

google is so fucking evil these days. when are people going to wake up and realize that? i think they need to re-evaluate the whole "don't be evil" motto over there.


Did I miss when they instituted the kitten toss, and puppy skull pudding?

bareboards2says...

Well, even this guy, who is saying we have a problem, admits that he rarely even clicked through to read the stuff posted by conservatives.

>> ^chilaxe:

How many of the people upvoting this video think reasonable opinion that disagrees with their own isn't legitimate discourse?

GeeSussFreeKsays...

>> ^enoch:

the flow and exchange of ideas is vital and one of the reasons the sift is one of my favorite sites to visit and contribute.
where is the fun in seeing the same flavor with no opposing view or argument?
thats when it becomes one big circle jerk and everyone squats in their own putrid righteousness.
i prefer that my opinions and conclusions are challenged rather than parroted.
to do otherwise is to stagnate.


I disagree, with the sole intent of proving your point.

chingalerasays...

An "Information diet" .....

Here's the deal McNeil, too often, a peep with a functioning IQ and an addiction to accumulating data and "knowledge" on the internet with no real practical application skills becomes a walking, spewing, ineffectual Trivial Pursuit robot.

What effect does the knowledge of the universe have with no practical means of affecting social, spiritual, cultural, etc. evolution? Web-access is being tailored to accommodate the Babylonian machine, not to empower the individual or society at-large.

Loathe the tactics Google has instituted, it won't change for anyone's better but for those with the keys to the web.

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