Bubbles

A quick post to say that a recent episode of the NPR Podcast Invisibilia served as an excellent primer to my upcoming adventure. The episode, titled Reality, has several segments but one of the most relevant was about a Google employee who created a randomizer for Facebook events that gave him a party or meeting or some other gathering to attend every week. This has led to an entire lifestyle that includes randomizing everything from music habits to food selection - a really interesting way to help get him out of his bubble.
So much of this project is about that for me. I feel sure of what I know and believe. I don't think everyone who disagrees with me is stupid or uneducated or hoodwinked. I'm sure there are complications and angles I can't see from inside my version of the world. My greatest hope is to pierce my bubble and little and to do the same in return.

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