Medium – The Discovery Dark Ages: How Filter Bubbles, Dark Patterns, and Algorithms Propagating Bias Impede the Spread of Knowledge – “… Change can be a good thing. Now, that said, there are ways in which search engines are being used to deliver results nowadays, regardless of whether people want them or not, and even if they should be desirable sources in the first place, which are not the best ones, in terms of relevance, quality, and accuracy. Discovery systems are a means to an end, and in this case, when a superior means emerges, there’s simply no reason not to jettison the old way of doing things. This requires some adaptability on our part, and a willingness to unlearn habitual yet inefficient procedures in favor of better ones….There is consequentially a growing disjoint between how non-librarians prefer to find information and the ways that some of us insist are still the best. Yet we cannot retreat to the reference desk and simply shake our heads at students who are off using Wikipedia. It’s proven much more productive, in this case, to educate people about the benefits and vulnerabilities of relying upon Wikipedia for research….”