The shortcomings of social media would not bother me awfully if I did not suspect that Facebook friendship and Twitter chatter are displacing real rapport and real conversation, just as Gutenberg’s device displaced remembering. The things we may be unlearning, tweet by tweet — complexity, acuity, patience, wisdom, intimacy — are things that matter.
The last of four paragraphs someone else gleaned from a post by Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, a newspaper which has earned high marks for its creative, even prizewinning, foray into digital media. Had me wondering how much the timesaving advancements of technology are slowing down and interrupting the most important parts of my work day. From the intermediary post, I read through several other linked posts discussing the issue.
