Não gosto particularmente do Franzen, achei o Freedom mesmo chato. Mas concordo com o que ele diz aqui sobre o Facebook, os smartphones, etc. Eu já estou em tratamento: saí do Face há uns meses, e ainda não me arrependi.
"In his Kenyon commencement speech in 2011, Franzen singled out the smartphone. Smartphones, iPads, and other gadgets are so responsive to their user’s every whim, he argued, that they’re “great allies and enablers of narcissism.” Technology, abetted by social media, threatens to imprison everyone in a solipsistic bubble. “Our lives look a lot more interesting when they’re filtered through the sexy Facebook interface. We star in our own movies, we photograph ourselves incessantly, we click the mouse and a machine confirms our sense of mastery.” Ultimately, he argued, love, with all its risks, will be replaced with the safer "liking."
