Echo Chambers of One
Do you think anybody really knows how many bots are currently interacting on social media?
How much influence is the discourse on the internet having on your life right now?
Is it possible that the online ‘echo chambers’ are more akin to solitary confinement?
YouTube / Podbean Presentation 2025-1
Echo Chambers of One
Recorded 6-Feb-2025 | Published: 7-Feb-2025
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ThirstForTruth | ManOfSteel | John Drake
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Links and Shownotes
Late Night Truth Lounge – here.
Reddit post about internet panic – here.
Movie clip – here.
Guardian article – here.
QUT bot paper – here.
SemanticScholar page – here.
tldr reddit post – here.
Bayesian bot paper – here.
Musk tweet – here.
Twitter pranksters – here.
Putnam paper – here.
Pew Research paper – here.
Ultrasound study – here.
CTV myopia story – here.
Atlantic myopia story – here.
Utopia reflections – here.
For Members
This one’s an oldie but a (rather relevant) goodie.
Post #117 – Utopia Reflections (23-Nov-2021)
I sat down and watched the British six-part series Utopia (2013).
It opened the door to explore some questions which I’ve been pondering lately.
So I decided to dig a little deeper, and in this post I’ll share what I discovered.
JLB Youtube presentation 2025-1. Recorded 6-Feb-2025, published 7-Feb-2025. Total production time 12 hours (+ research).