.@nytdavidbrooks important read Same conclusion Chapter 9 #MessingWithTheEnemy - formation preference bubbles allows Americans select preferred information exclusively from people that look like them & talk like them, all without consequence nytimes.com/2019/12/26/opi…
Lower barrier producing content, accessing content allows for endless development & distribution content suiting any possible preference. You want the earth to be flat - DONE! You want to re-write history so your team wins -DONE! AI will make this worse amazon.com/Messing-Enemy-…
Brooks asks how we reset to a unified lens of reality? We could aggressively force people to see through others’ lenses (Really hard in current social media era) or the public could suffer the consequences of ignoring a shared reality (Unfortunate but natural endpoint)
For the latter, we have a relevant case study of disaster in just the last two years - the Anti-Vax movement powered by social media. Parents don’t vaccinate their kids, outbreaks ensue, public outrage and then short term course correction, regulation, etc.
