The downside of modern technology

In chapter fourteen of Thomas L. Friedman’s book, The World is Flat, he writes about the dangers of technology in the era of the internet and the advent of social media.

While technology has helped ‘flatten the world’ through increased connectivity, enabling conversations globally, he says the same has myriad negative implications. Technology, he argues, has elbowed out good old ways of interacting, ushering in a new phenomenon.