“Why do you think people are emailing and texting and twittering and Facebook updating in such a compulsive manner? Because they’re lonely as all hell…”
The Splinter Generation has an interview with Rumpus contributor Steve Almond, conducted by Rumpus contributor Antonia Crane, that talks about technology, loneliness, and what Steve calls “hysterical lyricism.”
It is, of course, well worth your time.