One big problem I see with this entire article is the sweeping use of generalizations all through it. http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/fallacies/ (Scroll down a bit and read about generalizations.)
Does this mean that we become more narcissistic as we become more lonely?
Yes, I think that's what this article's author is saying.
Does this mean that Facebook causes us to think about ourselves too much that we need to fulfill ourselves to not be lonely? Is the author trying to say that disconnecting ourselves from Facebook allows us to experience solitude,which involved self-reflection?
I agree with your conclusion here, too.
"Is Facebook making us lonely"
Just to check my understanding on this article,I decided to write a summary.. Please check by reading this article..
Basically the author is trying to say that Facebook connects people with each other but it does not bond people together,as does communicating face to face does,thus causing loneliness.
I don't quite get this: "the danger with Facebook is not that it lets us isolate ourselves,but that it threatens to alter the very nature of solitude"
Does this mean that we become more narcissistic as we become more lonely?
I also don't understand this: "Facebook denies us a pleasure whose profundity we had underestimated: the chance to forget about ourselves for a while,the chance to disconnect."
Does this mean that Facebook causes us to think about ourselves too much that we need to fulfill ourselves to not be lonely? Is the author trying to say that disconnecting ourselves from Facebook allows us to experience solitude,which involved self-reflection?
By the way,do you think that I am not smart because I don't understand this article?
Any tips to help me become a better reader?
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