Filter Bubble

Being presented with our preferred areas only traps us in an online filter bubble. PHOTO: PINTEREST On December 4, 2009, Googles corporate blog released a post that did not receive much fanfare or attention but made sweeping changes in the landscape of the …

The University of Kansas is the largest university in the sunflower state. Founded in 1865 on a hill in the town of Lawrence, it has since expanded to five campuses, mainly in woodland. Speak to the students, and you get a sense not just of the social buzz of…

The University of Kansas is the largest university in the sunflower state. Founded in 1865 on a hill in the town of Lawrence, it has since expanded to five campuses, mainly in woodland. Speak to the students, and you get a sense not just of the social buzz of…

In her recent quarterly letter, Susan Wojcicki, the chief executive of YouTube wrote: A commitment to openness is not easy. It sometimes means leaving up content that is outside the mainstream, controversial or even offensive. But I believe that hearing a bro…

Abstract The interaction between phenotypic plasticity, e.g. learning, and evolution is an important topic both in Evolutionary Biology and Machine Learning. The evolution of learning is commonly studied in Evolutionary Biology, while the use of an evolution…

Electoral gerrymandering, in which political districts are drawn to favor one party, has attracted renewed attention of late. The centuries-old practice operates to bias the outcome of elections.Now researchers led by Penn biologist Joshua B. Plotkin and the …

Is the news driving you crazy? Its not the news — its how the media reports the news, piling on calamity and suffering — because thats what sells. Were subjected to a media diet that damages our mental health and can trigger anxiety and depression. But we hav…

IMAGE: Information gerrymandering can change the way we think about political decisions, as depicted in this image of a gerrymandered mind. People must integrate disparate sources of information when deciding how... view more  Credit: Alexander Stewart El…

Do you know what an echo chamber is? Even if the answer is no, you are almost certainly in one. In fact, youre probably in many. Echo chambers are everywhere, reflecting your preferences back at you, amplifying your likes and dislikes and reinforcing your pe…

After a decade or so of the general sentiment being in favor of the internet and social media as a way to enable more speech and improve the marketplace of ideas, in the last few years the view has shifted dramatically—now it seems that almost no one is happy…