Oh, the echo chamber. That thing that grows bigger as the Facebook algorithm grows smarter. I think you know what I’m talking about. All of a sudden your Facebook and Twitter feed are filled with people who think exactly like you. And it’s not just the algorithm that makes it happen to us, we often do as well. I have been known to unfollow people on Facebook and Twitter whose ideas and opinions irritate me. When I do that, not only does my echo chamber grow, so does theirs. When we are surrounded by people who consider the world just like we do we lose to ability to relate, to empathize, and even to love. I don’t particularly have a commitment to making sure everyone in the universe lives in harmony, but I would like to do that in the family, in the Body of Christ.
Shrinking the echo chamber and building mutuality
Shrinking the echo chamber and building…
Shrinking the echo chamber and building mutuality
Oh, the echo chamber. That thing that grows bigger as the Facebook algorithm grows smarter. I think you know what I’m talking about. All of a sudden your Facebook and Twitter feed are filled with people who think exactly like you. And it’s not just the algorithm that makes it happen to us, we often do as well. I have been known to unfollow people on Facebook and Twitter whose ideas and opinions irritate me. When I do that, not only does my echo chamber grow, so does theirs. When we are surrounded by people who consider the world just like we do we lose to ability to relate, to empathize, and even to love. I don’t particularly have a commitment to making sure everyone in the universe lives in harmony, but I would like to do that in the family, in the Body of Christ.