They tell you, to quote for instance Lexico (formerly Oxford
Dictionaries Online), that an echo chamber is an ” environment in which a
person encounters only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their
own, so that their existing views are reinforced and alternative ideas
are not considered”.
What they don’t tell you is that, contrariwise, if perchance you do have a particular opinion which differs from that of the other ‘members’ of the echo chamber, you only encounter views which don’t coincide with your own.
So that I’m following all these people who, like me, lean politically towards centre-left, are comparatively well educated, support gay equality, are anxious about climate change and so on and so on … and there doesn’t seem to be a single one who would, like me, support Brexit, and I only see it criticised.
Funny, in a way.
(originally posted probably on WordPress or maybe on Tumblr)
What they don’t tell you is that, contrariwise, if perchance you do have a particular opinion which differs from that of the other ‘members’ of the echo chamber, you only encounter views which don’t coincide with your own.
So that I’m following all these people who, like me, lean politically towards centre-left, are comparatively well educated, support gay equality, are anxious about climate change and so on and so on … and there doesn’t seem to be a single one who would, like me, support Brexit, and I only see it criticised.
Funny, in a way.
(originally posted probably on WordPress or maybe on Tumblr)
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