"Today, a huge percentage of the media I consume has been shared by folks in my direct social network. I know a whole lot about Zuckerberg sweating the privacy issues and how Steve Jobs feels about Flash, but I have absolutely no connection to any of the conversations taking place in neighborhoods a couple miles from my front door."

Damn, that's probably true.

Interesting point. When I think about it, my life on the web is probably also whiter than it was before the web.