It's difficult to capture in a single quote, but as the story progresses it is shown that society is basically structured around the creation and exchange of "i

It's difficult to capture in a single quote, but as the story progresses it is shown that society is basically structured around the creation and exchange of "ideas". It's not simply that people had more acquaintances - it's that the entirety of human existence has been reduced to swapping memes online, both one-to-one and one-to-many.