Subjectivity Is The New Objectivity

My buddy BadgerGravling pointed me at this from Chris Hambly (note, no search engines were employed in the creating of this linkage… which is kind of Chris' point.)

From Chris’s blog:

"F*ck Google! Ask Me!.. is this the mentality that Social Media is promoting?"

And of course, it is. Which is why Google is getting all social with its approach to search. Because Subjectivity is the new Objectivity.

Old school journalists really struggle with this. They forget to ask: whose objectivity was it anyway?

No one gets to own objectivity. It’s a very subjective thing...

There are very few truths that remain true no matter who looks upon them or from where or when (of Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic kind).

Our versions of what was ‘objectively’ true were always a social construct. We’re just having the blinkers lifted now.

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[Marc Dangeard]

Talking of Journalism and Objectivity, and trying to keep subjectivity under control, you may be interested in Newstrust (http://newstrust.net/) if you do not know of them yet.
The key to reaching some balance is transparency with reputation and ratings to make sure I stay aware of what is the social filter I am using.
In the case of Newstrust, I like the fact that I can read the comments from both side of the political spectrum, and I enjoy opinions to give me prospective as long as the bias is disclosed upfront and I get the full context.