Nicholas Carr’s “Superbloom” is a work that tries to break away from the notion that digital technology is an instrument for bringing people closer together and for furthering democracy. In Chapters 5 and 6, “Antipathies” and “The Democratization Fallacy,” Carr seeks to show how technology, far from uniting people, further divides them and creates an illusion of equality. In “Antipathies,” Carr looks at how technology further divides people in terms of social conflicts. He notes how digital technology is programmed to encourage people to engage more and how it is more likely for people to be exposed to information that […]