I just talk politics with my daughter

I speak to strangers in the street and film the interactions 😆

It's not that hard if you're so God-damned weird that nobody agrees with you on very much.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch...

I host a weekly meetup with an open door policy. I find a tremendous amount of diversity of thought within the Bitcoin community, but it tends to be divided into cliques. Social media tends to perpetuate that. I've been able to meet many different types of bitcoiners, shitcoiners, and precoiners.

Lol is this shitpost Friday?

I deliberately seek out opposing opinions to mine. Not only read them but actually spend time with them and think about them.

I don't even understand how people can be convinced of their own opinion if they don't do this.

Discovered a new found friend in the space who wrote some fantastic thought provoking blogs on DeFI, AI, and money/state that I love to share with people:

To be honest, I love reading anything that proposes a perspective and a deep thought that's strives to be anything other than an "opinion"

Take in things on multiple different topics, from multiple sources.

Actually, though, you could do that in bad faith and still be in an echo chamber. The real answer, I think, is that you actually want to have diverse viewpoints inform your model of reality.

If that is a true desire, it's pretty obvious how to go about achieving it. If it's not, you're just LARPing.

lol

imo we can usually hear the echos. We are generally soothed by them is problem.

While I probably suffer the effects of echo chambers as much as anyone, it helps to be mostly uncertain so that you're always willing to gather more evidence. The people I know who are most soothed by echo chambers are also the most certain. It's like they need more certainty than they deserve.

After reading Taleb's blackpaper and watching the price stagnate over the last two months, I've reached the conclusion that Bitcoin is a dead project. I've already sold my entire stack for actual money (pound sterling, the interest is really high right now, it's a great deal).

And in case anyone wonders where I've gone, I've moved over to r/buttcoin for fresh alpha.

Day 1 of snailposting everyday til BTC hits $0.

'-'_@__

I can't find one of these echo chambers. Must be nice to try to avoid them.

Break it down & ask yourself if its true. Unsure? Look into it more

Some things like climate change & vaccines require A LOT of research (bitcoin too!) so pick one that you're interested in.

Follow people you disagree with...

Lol. Thats funny

The only real way is to meet people in real life. It's amazing the diversity of understanding. It is so easy to assume what I see on the internet is what everyone else sees, but they don't! And people who you'd think thought the same as you on everything because you have something is common usually don't. It's great. IMO, church is the easiest place to meet people from all walks of life in a voluntary setting.

Simple (in theory)... you discuss with intelligent people that disagree with you. You have a thoughtful discussion, being aware that the differences are not personal or an attack on you/your character.

This is the way

Define echo chamber

If I'm going to have people around me who disagree with me they need to be people whose intellect I can respect, because otherwise they'll just irritate me.

What echo chamber are you trying to avoid?

Reddit & Twitter