"A funny thing has quietly accompanied our era's eye-gouging proliferation of information, and by funny I mean not very funny. For every ocean of new data we generate each hour-videos, blog posts, VRBO listings, MP3s, ebooks, tweets-an attendant ocean's worth of reviewage follows. The Internet-begotten abundance of absolutely everything has given rise to a parallel universe of stars, rankings, most-recommended lists, and other valuations designed to help us sort the wheat from all the chaff we're drowning in."
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"There's an essential freedom in being alone with one's thoughts, oblivious to and unpolluted by anyone else's. Diminish that aloneness and we start to doubt our own perspective. Do I really think Blue Bottle coffee is that great? Or Blazing Saddles that funny? Do I really not like that pizza place because it isn't authentic New York-style? Sure, it's entirely possible to arrive at one's own opinion amidst a cacophony of others. But it's also possible to bend, unknowingly and imperceptibly, toward a position not naturally our own."
From " What's Wrong with the Culture of Critique" (Wired magazine, July 2011: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/st_essay_rating/)
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