tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642487990389061066.post5245605606662500968..comments2023-10-18T05:48:26.606-04:00Comments on blissful deviations: Is the Internet actually making us MORE closeminded?Blissful Deviationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10235957829293086036noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2642487990389061066.post-17382277018507387602008-12-08T09:32:23.078-05:002008-12-08T09:32:23.078-05:00I use Google Reader a lot, as in many many times a...I use Google Reader a lot, as in many many times a day. It's an easy way for me to aggregate all of my content. It keeps me from having to click around wondering if some site or another has been updated today. The news comes to me.<br><br>As to it making me more close minded, I don't know. I would probably just click around to see the same things anyways. To me, its the same as reading a newspaper. I always go to the same sections, and read whatever is available there. I skim article headlines and read whatever jumps out at me. Same deal with my google reader, except I feel the compunction to mark everything as read. If the newspaper showed me the number of unread articles, I would probably be more inclined to read them all, or at least mark them as read.<br><br>Feed readers improve my ambient awareness. When I want to get more news about a subject, I usually don't rely on a reader or an RSS for details. Just for that initial tip in a direction.Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11595629223506051157noreply@blogger.com