Ironic that the article is light on fact and heavy on anecdote and unsubstantiated claims. "For one thing, social networking sites are the primary form of comm

Ironic that the article is light on fact and heavy on anecdote and unsubstantiated claims. "For one thing, social networking sites are the primary form of communication among young people, and they are supplanting print, which is where ideas have typically gestated. For another, social networking sites engender habits of mind that are inimical to the kind of deliberate discourse that gives rise to ideas. Instead of theories, hypotheses and grand arguments, we get instant 140-character tweets about eating a sandwich or watching a TV show." This might have the sound of truth, but the article really gives me no reason to believe it's actually true.