I don't doubt that close friends are an invaluable source of meaning but I think you may have missed the point of Rand's post. I'm pretty sure he is not arguin

I don't doubt that close friends are an invaluable source of meaning but I think you may have missed the point of Rand's post. I'm pretty sure he is not arguing that there is deep wisdom to be found in 140 characters. Rather, through your interaction with many tweets from many people you can distil meaning. The point of Twitter isn’t knowledge or understanding, it’s merely connective information tissue. It’s small bits of information carefully selected by those you’ve chosen to follow and its value isn’t in what they send, it’s how it fits into the story in your head. There are great stories to be found on Twitter, but you have to do the work. You're not precluded from discussing tweets with your friend.