This is utter bullshit. The author uses sweeping generalizations, claiming that the iPhone, Facebook and Twitter are "shiny things" which people waste their ti

This is utter bullshit. The author uses sweeping generalizations, claiming that the iPhone, Facebook and Twitter are "shiny things" which people waste their time fooling around with. But Google is this holy, beautiful tool which has forever changed the history of mankind? Is this the same Google that posts fun "doodles" for various holidays? Is this the same Google which also sells "shiny" toys that directly compete with Apples? And as for Twitter and Facebook, haven't these social networks been used in numerous protests and as tools empowering free-speech around the world? The truth is that all of these new services and technologies are both frivolous and meaningful. The truth about FB/Twitter/Apple/Google is that they are all somewhere in between a total time-waste and the savior of humanity. But this nuanced answer seems too subtle for this author to grasp.