"No. No. Not that I know of." - Slate article on the Scalia interview.

This is a really interesting read on the Scalia interview.

"She [Jennifer Senior] can’t believe this man (or any man in 2013) has grandchildren who still think homosexuality is morally wrong. He can’t fathom that she’s never met anyone who believes in the devil.”

"…the overlap between our worlds is almost nonexistent. It explains why the left and the right both responded so enthusiastically to this piece. Each side sees its own view, affirmed. One sees a monster and the other sees a hero. It’s extraordinary, actually. The O’Reilly constituents think he’s speaking sense; the Jon Stewart vote thinks virtually everything the guy says is nuts."

It’s a remarkable thing that in a world so filled with information in our daily lives, we’ve managed to segregate ourselves into such polarized ideologies. I think it’s worth questioning whether there are some aspects of technology, particularly related to search, that might be making this worse, instead of better.

Search Google enough as a conservative, and the results you’ll start to find are all conservative sources, and the opposite is true as well. In an era of ubiquitous information, we’ve somehow managed to shield ourselves from anyone who might offer a dissenting view. The places where we do end up marginally forced to interact with opposing political and religious world views are actually social networks.

Diversity is healthy, so maybe there’s some room to let others in.