Are we in the Confirmation Bias age?

I’ve been thinking about this lately. Not whether confirmation bias exists (it always has) but whether we’ve built an entire infrastructure around it.

The algorithms show us what we already believe (the filter bubble). ChatGPT is quick to tell us we’re right about things. And we’ve developed a whole subculture of just… cutting people off when they disagree. Unfriend, unfollow, block.

It’s not that any of these things are necessarily wrong on their own. But together they create something like a confirmation bias feedback loop. You think something, the algorithm reinforces it, the AI validates it, and anyone who might challenge it gets removed.

Maybe every age has its dominant cognitive trap. Ours just happens to come with decent UX.