Article: Social Networking - A broken system →
This article offers a very interesting critique of social networking as it exists today. A bit heady, but worth the read. Below is a snippet:
“Social comfort and coherence require that by far the majority of actual feelings regarding the people in our lives not be made explicit. Having to declare the degree of intimacy you’re willing to grant each friend, whether in public and for all to see, or simply so that they see it, is a state of affairs I’ve described elsewhere as “frankly autistic.” It’s no way to arrange things as absolutely central to life as friendship — of that I am sure.”
