A personalized world?

After the discussion in class, about the ability to personalize what you view on the Internet, along with other elements, such as music preferences and youtube selections, just because of new technologies, I started thinking about the consequences of this and how this is not really life.

When you read a newspaper, buy a magazine, or anything else in print you look at, you receive all the information you are looking for, plus additional articles about issues you may have otherwise ignored. The additional information allows you to be more connected to other aspects in life, and does not allow individuals to discard things so easily. On the other hand, they can turn on their computer, go onto the internet, and there they have they may already have their settings customized to the articles and information they typically click on, and the websites with the view points they desire, while not getting both sides to every situation, and therefore being slightly misinformed, or as I should probably say lacking all the necessary information, to hold debates and discussions on the topics in the world. This customized world is not real, and as we brought up in class, tends to have people thinking what they know is the complete truth, because they are only getting the information from their view point and not the whole story.

A personalized/customized world? This may seem desirable and perfect to some who have the mindset of knowing exactly what they want, and only that. Logically, this world does not exist and our technology should not be turning to this type of world. We should still be given other articles, other information of both sides of debates and discussions, this allows us to still form our own ideas and opinions, but this way they are more well-rounded and include all the facts. I know a personalized world sounds ideal, and it is exactly that. In the real world there are more issues and more problems going on than what people bookmark for their home pages, and what people tune into on the television and internet, as soon as they get home. People need to broaden their information centers and learn more than just their preferred method.