Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form.

People's social networks do not consist only of people they see face to face. In fact, social networks have been extending because of artificial media since the printing press and the telephone.

Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds.

It's more important to me to get an e-mail that says, 'I saw your page and it changed my life,' than how many hits the page got.

Mindfulness means being aware of how you're deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention.

If, like many others, you are concerned social media is making people and cultures shallow, I propose we teach more people how to swim and together explore the deeper end of the pool.

It's kind of astonishing that people trust strangers because of words they write on computer screens.