Terbor assumes that online echo chambers and filter bubbles make it more difficult for empathy to thrive: “Motivating people to be more empathetic to others, especially those not like them or those...

Terbor assumes that online echo chambers and filter bubbles make it more difficult for empathy to thrive: “Motivating people to be more empathetic to others, especially those not like them or those who don’t think like them is a challenge, particularly in this digital age … people tend to reside in what are called echo chambers or filter bubbles where their own ideas are simply being echoed back at them”.

Do you share Terbor’s assumptions about the effects of online echo chambers and filter bubbles? Where do your assumptions come from?

What other reasons may deter people from acting empathetically? Explain your answer.