More Comfortable With Chaos: Using Hypertext to Shatter Echo Chambers and Promote Creativity
Chaos has considerable negative associations: it is perceived as frightening and destructive and best avoided. Many constructs on the internet are a reaction to an information deluge that is perceived to be chaotic and overwhelming. Search engines, with their consistent quest for the one right answer are one such construct. Filter bubbles and echo chambers, which protect us from the chaos of others’ opinions are another. While too much chaos is frightening and overwhelming, a little chaos can be useful. One way in which this occurs is through potentially preventing polarisation by exposing people to new views and ideas (which may even change their minds) on social media. Another way chaos ca
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