Exploring the Inevitability of Bias in the Production of Knowledge

This TOK Exhibition investigates the prompt "Is bias inevitable in the production of knowledge?" by analyzing three diverse objects: the musical Hamilton, the social media platform Instagram, and Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.

The author argues that bias is an inherent part of knowledge production across artistic, technological, and academic domains. Through an analysis of narrative selection, algorithmic filter bubbles, and historiographical interpretation, the submission demonstrates how personal, cultural, and political lenses shape the resulting knowledge. The exemplar is strengthened by its integration of scholarly perspectives from figures like Eli Pariser and Hayden White to support its claims about the inevitability of subjective framing.