“That’s it. Screw the internet. What is this Google+ shit? I’m done. Fuck all this social media shit and everyone who talks about it. It’s all boring. It’s all noise. Nobody writes anything interesting. They’re all drones churning out “content” for fascist overlords.”

“I don’t think it’s that bad,” I replied. “Just the world we live in these days.”

“The internet is destroying my creativity, ” he replied. “I can’t finish my projects. I can’t think. I have no attention span. Every time I check Twitter and Facebook I want to reach through the screen and punch people. It’s not healthy. This is no way to live. Have you read that book by Jaron Lanier?”

“No, not yet,” I said. “I’m too stupid to realize I need to read all the books about how the Internet is making me stupid.”

“The internet is making photography stupid,” he replied. “That much I know, which is why I’m done with it.”