It all stems from the same thing - which is that when we are face to face - and this is what I think is so ironic about Facebook being called Facebook, because we are not face to face on Facebook ... when we are face to face, we are inhibited by the presence of the other. We are inhibited from aggression by the presence of another face, another person. We're aware that we're with a human being. On the Internet, we are disinhibited from taking into full account that we are in the presence of another human being.

We're smitten with technology. And we're afraid, like young lovers, that too much talking might spoil the romance. But it's time to talk.

Because you can text while doing something else, texting does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it is magical.

Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.

We expect more from technology and less from each other.

People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.

The feeling that 'no one is listening to me' make us want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us.