I
came across this video with the title “What facebook and Google are
hiding” on the internet and wondered if this was really something i
would want to see. I am so happy that i did. The audience was awed by it
and so was I.
As a guy who does normal stuff on the
internet, i knew that things were changed to an extent in the name of
personalization. But it never occurred to me the extent to which things
were hidden by bigges like Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, and other
corporations in the name of personalization.
It brings us to the question: Are we willing to get personalized results at the cost of losing on reality?
I think i would want to keep some objectivity in life and see my
digital world not completely morphed. Further, I would like to have the
power to control what i see and not giving the entire power to some
algorithm which i don’t even know what it does.
This insightful and though provoking talk is by Eli Pariser
who says that the Internet is hiding things from us. I would definitely
recommend this video to everyone. Enjoy and please do express your
feelings with us!!!