"Weblogs enable groupthink circles to form. This
is only natural and mirrors any real-world social aggregation process.
The nice thing about this is that it does not spoil the fun for those
who seek intellectual diversity. As a reader, you get to choose your neighborhood on a fine-grained, per-person basis -
and this is unlike any other social situation I've seen. You can make
that neighborhood as diverse as you want. So you're not stuck with echo
effects unless you want them.
This is perhaps the most revolutionary
aspect of weblogging from a "knowledge input management" point of view.
Developing skill at selecting sources, in order to make the best use of
one's limited perceptual bandwidth, is quickly becoming critical for
making sense of what's really happening in our complex world. Two
keywords for building a good neighborhood are diversity and quality. The corresponding skills one has to cultivate are open-mindedness and critical thinking."
