In Chapter 8 of the Filter Bubble, Pariser makes a strong idea when he says, “Meanwhile, in the city of ghettos, some people get trapped in the small world of a single subculture that really doesn’t represent who they are.” The idea of comparing a person’s online identity given by the internet based on history or what they may look at online, traps someone in that one specific subculture that makes it difficult to get out of, like a ghetto. He used references from Christopher Alexander’s book. Alexander’s book is about a new way of thinking and Pariser shown throughout his entire book that he is also a believer of new thinking. An idea Pariser and Alexander both share is the “Mosaic of Subculture.” This idea referenced a happy medium.  The medium represents a person fully happy when he receives support and values those around him as well as seeing the various choices of lifestyles before being satisfied in his own. Alexander uses this idea to compare the ghettos from upper class and middle class. However, Pariser relates this to the way people see themselves in their online world.  People are comfortable when they are in their small, protected spaces that make us feel at hone and some of the websites we use, take this knowledge and use to against us.

A weak idea used by Pariser is when he began to talk about Facebook ‘s power and privacy settings shifting and not being ideal for the average person. I don’t think he should’ve talked so poorly about a company then directly after mention, “Facebook’s PR department didn’t return my emails requesting and interview (perhaps because MoveOn’s critical view of Facebook’s privacy practices is well known).” This shows that all of his comments are based off his prejudice of them not talking to him and that the company that Pariser brought up in his first chapter. His ideas of giving people control and programming our devices cant be linked well to Facebook since he already mentioned that Facebook didn’t support him.