The Filter Bubble

THE FILTER BUBBLE

“Democracy requires citizens to see things from one another’s point of view, but instead we’re more and more enclosed in our own bubbles. Democracy requires a reliance on shared facts; instead we’re being o�ered parallel but separate universes.”

ELI PARISER

“Just as the factory farming system that produces and delivers our food shapes what we eat, the dynamics of our media shape what information we consume.”

ELI PARISERTHE FILTER BUBBLEELI PARISER

“The attention economy is ripping the binding, and the pages that get read are the pages that are frequently the most topical, scandalous, and viral.”

THE FILTER BUBBLEELI PARISER

“It’s not just that experts are vulnerable to con�rmation bias—it’s that they’re especially vulnerable to it.”

“In the bubble, the proportion of content that validates what you know goes way up.”

The �lter bubble doesn’t just re�ect your identity. It also illustrates what choices you have.