Learn English – Meaning of “Break out of the bubble”

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What is the meaning of the expression break out of the bubble? I found this phrase in newspaper. Below is paragraph where it being used.

Keyword searches on the web might be a better way to break out of the
bubble
and find the wider range of podcasts, particularly if one is
looking for a non-fiction programming.

Thank you

Best Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary

bubble

a situation in which you only experience things that you expect or find easy to deal with, for example opinions you agree with, or people who are similar to you

In the previous paragraph of the referred article such bubble is described

many of these routes take us to more of the same thing, or the same shade of different. The politics and the aesthetic tend to fall within a narrow — and comfortable — part of the preference spectrum.

Breaking out of the bubble is obtaining podcasts' suggestions from outside your circle (friends in Facebook, people you follow in Twitter, blogs you usually read, ...)

Notice that bubble is not a synonym for any problem. It's a specific situation whose details are explained in the dictionary entry. Breaking out the bubble does not mean solving any problem that you may face, that situation may not be even a problem for you. I've described what that expression means in your context.

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