After month of rumors Facebook Director and one of its largest investor, Peter Thiel, confirmed for the first time that Facebook and Twitter had been in talks with each other but the deal failed because of disagreement over how much Facebook is worth, he spoked in an interview with Business Week.
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An Oxford University neuroscientist, Susan Greenfield says that social networking websites like Facebook are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users. Websites such as Facebook and Twitter are said to shorten attention spans, make young people more self-centered, and encourage instant gratification.
“We know how small babies need constant reassurance that they exist”, she told the UK’s Daily Mail.
“My fear is that these technologies are infantilising the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment.”
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