1. It’s worth contemplating one of the primary factors that drove Facebook’s adoption by (soon) 1 billion people: Loneliness. Americans have less support than ever — 1 in 8 in the Pew survey reported having no “discussion confidants.

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    - Christopher Mims, How Facebook Saved Us from Suburbia via Technology Review

    (via courtenaybird)

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