Internet not a meeting of minds

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

This is depressing, but probably true.  Ethan Zuckerman, at the current TED, 
notes that the Internet makes us think we being exposed to, and learning from, 
differing world views, but that, particularly in relation to social networking, we are 
usually simply seeking out similar views to our own, and reinforcing our existing 
viewpoints.

You can read a report from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10642697

or see the actual talk at TED (http://www.ted.com) 
http://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_zuckerman.html

(I like the "imaginary cosmopolitanism" phrase.  It reminds me of being in NYC.)

(If you can't see the security implication in broadening your outlook, there is no 
hope for you.)

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