You might be right! It is, indeed, possible that letting people choose to talk to one another instead of coercing them into it may lead to the destruction of so

You might be right! It is, indeed, possible that letting people choose to talk to one another instead of coercing them into it may lead to the destruction of society. But, consider. If letting people talk to one another - or not - as they choose rather than as some would-be society-engineer decides leads to social collapse, what will actually be lost? Is so fragile a system really worth preserving? I submit that it may not be. Personally, I don't require that computers mediate all human interaction. I do rather like having a choice, though.