Less Substantial Friendships

Underlying the technological trends that have dominated the last part of the twentieth century and the early pars of the twenty first is that anti-humanist tendency that lead my client and the subjects of the Sunday morning piece to seek solace in warm shallow waters. The internet, emails, websites, instant messaging, networking events, elevator speeches and social networks provide the same kind of solace. A salve for the loneliness of having few, if any, deep relationships with fellow humans.