On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 02:02, Fajro &lt;faigos(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hmm. I think the problem with filter bubbles is that you don't even see, say, stories from your political opponents. There is quite a substantial difference between not even knowing that Google or Facebook are removing news about a particular topic, and voluntarily choosing not to see, say, the images on the 'Fisting' article. That's not necessarily an argument for the opt-in filter, but I don't see how the comparison with the so-called 'filter bubble' is a good one. I'd have a problem if people started making overwrought comparison to Nazi book burnings too. Justifying such an overwrought comparison by saying "well, the material would still be censored" isn't helpful to the discussion. -- Tom Morris <http://tommorris.org/> Please don't print this e-mail out unless you want a hard copy of it. If you do, go ahead. I won't stop you. Nor will I waste your ink/toner with 300+ lines of completely pointless and legally unenforceable cargo cult blather about corporate confidentiality.

On 30 June 2011 10:55, Federico Leva (Nemo) &lt;nemowiki(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Trained professional philosophers can get away with that sort of thing. Omega can predict whether you'll try this at home, kids! - d.