How To Burst Your Filter Bubble II
▼Keys To A Healthy Ego (Part 4)▼
The Cognitive Biases Influencing Your Bad Decisions ⬆ Images Hyperlinked
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New (2017) research now questions the existence of Filter Bubbles. But whether you're fixated
on the highly contentious Trump presidency & his ascendancy to power, “Pill Cosby”(Bill Cosby
sexual assault allegations case) or perhaps recently on Twitter Rob Kardashian & Black Chyna's
Social Media dirty laundry feud which finally prompted a tweet from me regarding American's
trashy priorities, or simply a Mainland Chinese easily triggered by censorship-fueled jingoism,
loud, brash, uninformed big egos often unqualified yet happy to play lawyer on Social Media
IS a thing now. Be they vitriolic #BernieOrBust, Trump “deplorables”, drug-using industry in
-crowds/cliques/echo chambers, blindly following insular and wrong-headed “influencers”
has otherwise rational people swept up in THEIR Social Media filter bubble, getting dumb
and tone deaf, with every interaction. Good education teaches one to think for herself,
to draw well-founded inferences about their world, and to question what they're told.
Bad education feasts on its own insularity, assumptions and cocksure conclusions like
there's no tomorrow. These are people who know for sure what happened although
they weren't there. They know for sure who did what, when, how, and why. They
even “KNOW” precisely what one thinks, what their suspect or target of hate is
hiding in their heart or mind. They know for sure also, that “there's no god”.
And preferred spelling small “g”. Because “you're a moron” whose verified
healing(s) or paranormal experience(s) are all—well—like, “fake news” in
this Trump era, “a hoax”. Conspiracy theory, or lack of epistemological
humility aside, one reason diversity helps is because those of us who
have seen strange things in Africa, Caribbean; Americas can teach
Social Media big mouths that Science alone, cannot fully address
all human/cosmic anomaly. Nor can modern Psychology. People
erroneously think issues are “slam dunk” when nuance, is the
key to equity and justice. And here, understanding what is,
or isn't an allegation, matters. I first learned this the hard
way when a mentor—also a lawyer—kept calling multiple
assaults I'd been subjected to “allegations”. Infuriated,
I at first ignored the fact that he wasn't present when
the attacks happened. Rightly, he was demonstrating
intellectual rigor as an emotionally “disinterested”
lawyer/party. Meticulous, critical reasoning is not
a (Social Media) filter bubble's priority. With the
boiling emotions, fragile egos and pettiness of
narcissists after “imaginary internet points”,
the race to post the most trash, and insults
per capita—for the clique, tribe; bubble—
has become an amusingly sad exposé. 2-
Dimensional as opposed to 3-D thinking
and human stupidity & intolerance in
full view. Opinionated end users on
mobile device telling technologist
and digital marketer what Social
Media is because the data they
seek, though right in front of
them, eludes them for lack
of imagination+tech skills
is a personal favorite. A
result of NOT ditching
one's bubble. Twitter
even has users who
disagree with you
& block or mute
you right after
they actually
challenge u
with a fair
question
& that's
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