“My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends” - Christopher Hitchens” — In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011 | Blogs | Vanity Fair
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“We used to speak with one another, but now through the convenience of electronics, we can enable a service to do that for us. Or, in the alternative, we may opt out. The point where “sharing” drifts away from pure communication, and toward Aldous Huxley’s searingly prescient vision of thousands of couples simultaneously fornicating in glass houses under spotlights, is what blogger Robert Scoble calls “the Freaky Line.” The ability for Facebook to strategically relocate this line, as it is appearing to do once again with “frictionless sharing,” is described by Scoble as “Zuckerberg’s brilliance.” — Facebook, “Sharing,” and the Freedom to Opt Out
“Adding a new chapter to the research that cemented the phrase “six degrees of separation” into the language, scientists at Facebook and the University of Milan reported on Monday that the average number of acquaintances separating any two people in the world was not six but 4.74.” — Separating You and Me? 4.74 Degrees - NYTimes.com
“Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think” — Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think | Magazine