The Creep of Social Media Raises Big Questions - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 0 views
-
social media increase the volume and velocity of connections to a point where communicating in anything but online postings seems almost impossible
-
both in our personal and work lives, social media make it easy for us to hide from each other, even as we are constantly connected to each other
-
What is democracy without privacy? What is intimacy without privacy?
-
"Social media won't get less attractive the longer they exist. But we will learn how to use them more wisely. Right now, we're smitten and look away from problems; we behave like young lovers who are afraid that too much talking will spoil the romance. As we grow into a more mature relationship, we'll find time to talk."