The Internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.
Eli PariserRead
Your filter bubble is your own personal, unique universe of information that you live in online. What's in your filter bubble depends on who you are, and it depends on what you do. But you don't decide what gets in - and more importantly, you don't see what gets edited out.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The filter bubble is the tailored online environment that shapes what information you see based on your preferences.
Eli Pariser's quote highlights the concept of the 'filter bubble,' where individuals are presented with information that aligns with their interests and biases, chosen by algorithms rather than by the individual. This tailored experience can limit exposure to diverse perspectives and influences, creating a narrowly defined worldview that often excludes important opposing viewpoints or alternative information.
Themes
Filter BubbleInformationOnlineBiasAlgorithms
In practice
Example use cases
During a tech conference discussing the impact of social media on democracy.
More from Eli Pariser
All quotes →Similar quotes
The only thing that was in my mind when we made that first phone call was, 'Is it going to work?' We had all these parts hand soldered together, engineers standing by with the soldering iron - just in case.
Martin CooperRead
Technology is, in many respects, an enabler for an open, transparent society. But it's also an enabler for supervision to a completely unforeseen degree. And for commercialising personal space to an unforeseen degree.
Margrethe VestagerRead
Technology has moved away from sharing and toward ownership. This suits software and hardware companies just fine: They create new, bloated programs that require more disk space and processing power. We buy bigger, faster computers, which then require more complex operating systems, and so on.
Douglas RushkoffRead
Sometimes, the Internet can feel like a middle-school playground populated by brats in ski masks who name-call and taunt with the fake bravery of the anonymous. But sometimes - thank goodness - it's nicer than real life.
Susan OrleanRead
The merger of globalization and the I.T. revolution means new products are being phased in and out so fast that companies cannot afford to wait until the end of the year to figure out whether a team leader is doing a good job.
Thomas FriedmanRead
In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.
Kamala HarrisRead