The great Facebook debate

My good friend Matt sent this good read to me a few days ago in the midst of a discussion we were having about the benefits and detriments of Facebook ...

Sure, there are days I spend wandering aimlessly on Facebook, draining time with its quizzes and checking up on friends' profiles ...

And then there are days, like in real life, that I just want to be left alone. I don't care what my friends are doing. I don't log on.

For me, this passage in the above-mentioned story summed it up wonderfully ...

This is the promise of Facebook, the utopian hope for it: the triumph of fellowship; the rise of a unified consciousness; peace through superconnectivity, as rapid bits of information elevate us to the Buddha mind, or at least distract us from whatever problems are at hand. In a time of deep economic, political, and intergenerational despair, social cohesion is the only chance to save the day, and online social networks like Facebook are the best method available for reflecting—or perhaps inspiring—an aesthetic of unity.