"We know everything about each other now. So why don't we feel closer?"

“This is where I become cynical. I do not think all this communication is necessarily bringing people closer. Sometimes it gives us the illusion of closeness without the responsibility of intimacy. I can know what somebody ate today without knowing what they fear. I can know where somebody traveled without knowing where they feel lost or how they are. This is the strange kind of intimacy that we are all living in. We know information about people, but information is not understanding. I know that you like a certain song—that doesn't mean I know why it matters to you. I know where you went yesterday—that doesn't mean I know what you were thinking while you were there. And we are all becoming more stupid, actually. And what people do not post is far more interesting, because human beings have learned to communicate selectively. We do not simply communicate—we perform. We choose photographs, we choose words, we choose expressions, we choose what version of ourselves will be displayed. And that is why we are all fooling ourselves.”