#### humans naturally facilitate the creation of our own echo chambers --- humans naturally facilitate the creation of our own echo chambers. We like to see people like us, who think like us, look like us, and hold the same values. We re-enforce this through constantly refining our: * Peer group * Media consumption * Social environment (Neighborhoods, Schools, & Public spaces) --- Tags: [[Psychology]] - [[Zettelkasten]] - [[Writing]] - [[Academia]] - [[Confirmation Bias]] Links: [[{ 2020-09-09 How To Take Smart Notes]] References: - [[Bottom up writing prevents confirmation bias and provide a shorter and iterative feedback loop]] - [[A good strategy to combat confirmation bias is to note and attempt to answer arguments critical of yours]]