Holospere: The problem usually wasn't getting access to information, it was to stave off being drowned in it. People bought personalised filter programs to skim a few droplets from that sea and keep the rest out. For some, subjective reality became the selected entertainments and special interest zines passed through by those tailored shells...
...Here, a man watches nothing but detective films... Next door, a woman reads and hears only opinions that match her own, because other points of view are culled by her loyal guardian software.
Status: Likely
Of course, we all have special interests and hobbies and, left to our own devices, will tend to concentrate on them. The issue being raised by this point is that, if we end up obtaining the bulk of our news and discussions through these filters, then our ability to judge will be skewed by them.
It is a very old tradition of kings to surround themselves with advisors that basically agree with the royal line. (actually not quite as clear cut as that: King Canute bade the tide go back to show his court he was not omnipotent! Whether he created the fad for beach bathing in the process is moot)
Novel
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Reality
Google ads try to emulate this tendency by analysing search strings, site contents, and applying a bit of Bayesian Math to com up with relevant items. How effective it is you can judge from the top of the site's pages!
References
- http://www.kosmix.com/index_politics.html
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