Monthly Archives: May 2012

internet

How Technology is Making Us Stupid and Destroying Everything Good

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Yawn. Yawn. Yawn.

I’m so tired of these awful headlines.

“Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”

“Does Facebook Turn People Into Narcissists?”

“Is technology x making us negative human characteristic y?”

Must we play into the fear and self-doubt of those who feel lost in today’s primary medium of interaction? Must we rely on a false nostalgia to defend against the scary new and unknown? My god, were you guys even paying attention during Midnight in Paris???

But worry not, ye demagogues of Internet-phobia, you’re in good company.

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