“There's the part that I just want what I want, and I don't want to be bothered by anything else, and sort of the short-term more compulsive self. And then that's the longer-term, aspirational self that wants to be informed about the world and wants to be a good citizen. The best media basically helps us strike a balance between those two things.” WorldWantTwoSelfHelpingTermMediaBalanceCitizensStrikesTwo ThingsShort TermBotheredGood Citizen Author:Eli Pariser
“Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of narrow self-interest to do so.” SelfWholeProblemAbleInterestCommonStepsDemocracyAddressesSelf Interest Author:Eli Pariser
“It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything affects you – that closes the loop on pecuniary self-interest. Customers are always right, but people aren't.” PeopleWorldSelfInterestVirtueComplexesCustomersExposedSelf InterestCivicsLoopsCivic Virtue Book:The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think Source: The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think
