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You said it yourself.

"This allows us to prioritize potentially limited time, so we can read that which is more likely of value to us rather than wading the majority which isn't."

Also, I would add to that the tendency to want to hear only that which reinforces one's paradigm. For example, I don't like hearing Christians preach. Why? I'm not Christian. I don't subscribe to their basic assumptions, so I can't even begin to enjoy the well-structured delivery or other artistic portions of the preaching. I'm also not a conservative, so I automatically tune out anything written by Maggie Gallagher or Ariana Huffington. But, I avidly read every scrap I can written by Ted Rall, a liberal author. Others do the exact opposite, for the same reason.

I am a little curious - what value does this have to Perl?

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