> The internet can act as a social lubricant of sorts which is valuable Whether or not this is true depends upon the ability of the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall

> The internet can act as a social lubricant of sorts which is valuable Whether or not this is true depends upon the ability of the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street to exact change. Things are not looking empirically good for "internet society." Although I think it's safe to allow for the possibility of an immanent "death of Facebook" which could give rise to the social lubricant you're describing, since I don't think Facebook served the Arab Spring very well.