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A Note From Our Publisher Contents

Algorithms Doodle Puzzle .......................................................3

Comics ....................................................................4

Brain Games ..........................................................4

I feel a responsibility to your family is all on there, and you like to keep All About Idaho .....................................................5
make sure this newspaper in touch. Home & Lifestyle ................................................8
delivers to inform, entertain, Then you join a few groups and, voila, you
and empower. We try and get more and more information thrown at Crossword .............................................................12
provide you fresh informa- you because of your interests. Now you are Spotlights ..............................................................12
tion that we know to be true. targeted with ads and other groups that you Cover Story ...........................................................16
However, as Bill Parcells supposedly are interested in or aligned with.
once said, “When you don’t Could this element of the cyber world be Health Care ...........................................................18
know that you don’t know, selectively dividing us as a country? There is a Caregiving ..............................................................21
it’s a lot different than when you do know that clear division of American opinion lately, and Nutrition .................................................................22
you don’t know.” it appears to be growing. Maybe it’s because
Today you can get information from a myriad the algorithms only feed us information we like Fitness ....................................................................23
of different channels. The days of Walter Cronkite, and agree with. Money Matters ....................................................24
who was respected and admired as a truth teller, Knowing this, perhaps you don’t know
have changed. There are many choices, and now you are being influenced by outside entities. Entertainment ......................................................25
algorithms are choosing for you. They bolster your opinion with more common Taste of Idaho .......................................................26
You can search on Google now to find out messaging because you opted in. Travel .......................................................................27
anything. Google’s competitor is duckduckgo I suggest that, when it comes to the larger
if you want less attached algorithms entwined issues facing us, we pause and do as much re- Recreation .............................................................29
in your search. search as possible with qualified professionals. Brain Game Answers ..........................................31
What is an algorithm? It’s a mathematical When the issue is health-related, ask your
solution to a set of outcomes that are pre- doctor. When you’re pondering politics, discuss About Us
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