“Western Culture is built around ideals of individual choice and freedom. Millions of us fiercely defend our right to make ‘free’ choices, while we ignore how those choices are manipulated upstream by menus we didn’t choose in the first place,” Harris continues.
Search engines and social media dictate what you’re exposed to.
He used an example that probably fits our common experiences. You’re out with friends having a good conversation and someone suggests going to a lounge or bar where all of you can be comfortable and continue chatting. Out comes the phone and the Yelp app which shows you pictures of cocktails, maybe food, and people like yourselves laughing and having a good time. What you wanted, though, was a place to sit and chat.
