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When I was a kid in the 80s, "computers will teach your kids in school" was one of those future utopia predictions. Now the thought of a computer teaching kids is horrifying to me. (lemmy.world)
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It was right there with flying cars and domed cities on the moon. That was part of the whole Disneyworld/OMNI Magazine promise about life in the year 2000.

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[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As you might remember, it used to be called "information superhighway." As it turns out, not only does it make information flow faster from A to B, it also divides people that lie to either side of the road, in a metaphorical sense.
Required reading See especially figure 3b. TLDR: Increased information access and increased connections lead to more echo chambers.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hmm… That’s an interesting result. Makes sense too. When more and more people have access to the internet, they can form more and more specialized niche groups with each other. Just in Reddit alone, there’s already a sub for anything you can think of and also many things you would never think of in a million years.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes. Sounding. 😬

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There are lots of places like that. So many, that the number of people randomly visiting them and coming back feeling unwell was not insignificant. That’s why r/eyeBleach was invented. If you need a place like this, it really tells you something about the kinds of subs people never thought would exist.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It is also a bullshit highway, and bullshit can travel faster since it isn't held back by understanding, logic, or even thought.