An information cocoon or filter bubble is a communication universe that is chose and suites and revolves around us. Google, Yahoo, and even Facebook are information cocoons and filter bubbles. These places are the most common places people visit to interact socially or share their views about certain subjects. Since the cocoons and filters only allow us to see and hear what makes us happy, sometimes important information is left out. If information is left out when a business is having to make an executive decision, then it could either not grow or worse fall. So, information cocoons and bubble filters can be a great source or even a bad one. In 2004 the well-known government CIA was accused of group thinking. Group thinking is a force resists divergent thinking (to think something else) to accomplish one task. The CIA was found to have a predisposition missed a serious threat from Iraq which caused them to find an alternative possibilities and solutions. They forced other members of the group to confirm their decision. They rejected the information saying that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Due to their decision cost both countries over 1 million deaths.
The CIA was not the only government ran operation that has suffered from information cocoons. NASA has suffered from this information block. They disregarded the information they found out about the Columbia’s explosion which cost 7 astronaut lives.
You have the general idea of information cocoons/ bubbles but have some writing issues that make the post a bit confusing. For example, "the well-known government CIA"--- the CIA isn't the government. Also, you needed to add your insight..
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