[hunterclarke]

Author here. I agree that most people aren't actively looking to break out of the comfortable, algorithmically generated corner of the internet they read. I like a lot of the topics that are suggested to me. Youtube is spot on in a lot of its suggestions.

But I'm not sure that the "slice" of the internet I'm exposed to is the best one for me. Especially over a long enough time period. I'm in a different season of life than I was in high school or college. But there's quite a bit of "inertia" behind these algorithms that keep me coming back to the same content I read back then (5-10 years ago).

I don't think there's a good set of digital tools out there for saying "I want off the ride." Or at least "I'd like to ride a different ride for a minute."

I think if we want to enable self-educators, there has to be a better suite of tools available to those who want to be presented with diverse ideas.

Just my 2 cents.

+1 for getting out in the real world.

[mcherm]

I'll add that I believe there is a meaningful (perhaps not overwhelming) percentage of people who would be interested in getting exposure to things "outside their bubble" simply for the sake of self-improvement and better understanding the world around them.

I would put myself in that category -- at least up to a certain (limited) percentage of my media-consuming time.