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August 09, 2006
Groupthink and the Internet
No time to comment on this FT article, but I did find it interesting (or more precisely, rather funny):
Prof Sunstein recognises all the potential flaws of such collaborative projects [Wikipedia, etc]. “For aggregating information, the internet offers great risk as well as extraordinary promise,” he writes. In the digital world, obtaining the views – right or wrong – of millions of people is virtually effortless. “Every day, like-minded people can and do sort themselves into echo chambers of their own design, leading to wild errors, undue confidence, and unjustified extremism,” he says.
The internet as a substrate for demagoguery.
Posted by eerie at August 9, 2006 11:09 PM
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I agree. Fortunately, we've put together a group of clear-sighted, open-minded people who can discuss things intelligently, unlike all those group-thinking echo-chambers out there.
Posted by: Tom Scudder at August 10, 2006 07:58 AM
True, I do think we've successfully managed to avoid the idiotic ranting that is endemic to popular US politics blogs.
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