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It seems perverse that we can be more social than anyone would have thought possible when we are at our most anti-social, locked away from the world and silently staring at a computer screen, but that, as psychologists will tell you is the way we operate. When we are at the maximum of our disconnect we also are ready to connect and feel the need for interaction.David Amerland
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Social media is addictive precisely because it gives us something which the real world lacks: it gives us immediacy, direction, a sense of clarity and value as an individual.David Amerland
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Social media is the empowerment of the individual at the expense of the system.David Amerland
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The web and its technologies are digital representations of everything we did before in a more private, bigger, faster and more empowering format than ever before.David Amerland