This is an article written by Alex Kozinski (Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit) about how much technology has influenced peoples actions and views on different subjects over the years, and how it is only getting worse.
This article is about the new internet explorer having a "do not track me" option. Will losing the ability to see what websites we have visited effect our national security? Won't it be harder to notice suspicious online activity and be able to track that user?
This article is basically saying that relationships are being affected by technology. It brings up the point that if we have 1000 friends on Facebook how many of those friends are we actually keeping in contact with. Another point is that the more time we spend on social networking sites the less time we spend socializing face-to-face.
Sometimes Social networking makes it hard for us to understand who our real friends are. I think most of us are past having an exponential amount of friends but we certainly are obsessed with how we project ourselves on the internet. It's hard for us to maintain relationships or meet people online without questioning the realness of it.