Jul 15, 2025
Plato’s Cave in the Age of Algorithms
Are We Free or Programmed to Think? Have you ever felt that we think the same thing that the media and social media show us? Are our opinions, our thinking, our emotions formed by the news and videos that algorithms serve us? If so, Plato’s “cave metaphor” may have come back to life today—but this time the cave is digital. In this article, we will understand Plato’s theory of the cave and also…