I recently watched this awesome TED Talk video on living in a filter bubble. The concept is that Google, Facebook, and other big online companies are filtering the information we consume online. The concern is that we could be missing out on the reality of the world around us by only being exposed to what the filters of these systems “think” we want to see. The original goal is to help us connect and have a better experience, but are unintended consequences being introduced? Are we being deprived of the information we need in the effort to push us the information that these networks think we want?
Watch the video and tell me what you think. It’s not long, but its very though provoking.
Thoughts?