What would it be like when even education was tailor-made? Would it mean that we would all live on islands of our own creation? Would it mean that the world of Facebook tribalism—where people listen only to the people whose views chime with their own—would then become not just the world of Facebook, but … the world? “What would it be like to grow up inside that?” de la Mare mused. “How might that facilitate or hinder things like selfishness, empathy, and our ability to deal with adversity?” How strange it would be if the user-friendly world—brought about by industrialized processes for
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