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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Ron who wrote (319729)11/27/2016 12:12:17 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 540704
 
Makes me wonder if there is a solution.

From that article:
"With increased political polarization, amplified by homophily?—?our preference to connect to people like us?—?and algorithmic recommender systems, we’re effectively constructing our own realities."
And here we are on SI, part of the problem.

I've been feeling nostalgic of late for the time when it was possible, albeit sometimes precarious, to have discussions of general issues among folks of different perspectives on SI--nostalgic to the point where I went back and started rereading a thread from more than a decade ago in part to see if my memory was wearing rose-colored glasses. It wasn't, at least in contrast to the scenario described in that article. Actually, much of the discussion was more thoughtful and literate than I remembered.

Best I can tell, all spaces here have long since withdrawn to their own realities.

Shades of Pogo...

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