In effect, technology has given Americans more freedom than the US constitution may have intended. Americans have so much control over their online experiences that they may want, or at least expect, the same control when they’re away from the screen. They use caller ID to avoid having unplanned and unprepared-for conversations. They text message to shorten the length of time they have to talk to another person. They e-mail to avoid the unpredictable flow of oral communication, or the time-consuming task of writing a letter. By extension, unplanned encounters—“the stop-and-chat” as Larry David calls it on Curb Your Enthusiasm—can be seen as an intrusion, or at the very least a nuisance, when before it might have been essential in forging and fostering a relationship.
– De “Surfing Alone: Is Digital Technology Destroying Relationships?” leído en Popmatters. No sé por qué dice “América” cuando no son América ni nada más les pasa a ellos.