Closing yourself to the world

This is a good little opinion piece about the risk of our falling into a rut of media custom-tailored to our own pre-established tastes, and thus shielding ourselves from any sort of new idea or experience that may challenge us or expand our horizons.  I think I might have linked to it already, but I wasn't sure, and I wanted to share it with my readers.  Here also is a past blog post of mine on the importance of exploring physical books and other items that may take you out of your comfort zone.