The Death of the Open Web

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/magazine/23FOB-medium-t.html

Reading this article makes me think that rather than the World Wide Web expanding people's viewpoints, it's simply been a way that people can aggregate similar viewpoints to harden their positions, perhaps even become less tolerant. Where the Web was considered a way to connect people, further understanding, and break walls down; rather, it may be a tool for people to build walls around themselves.