Can Online Social Networks Replace Real Socializing?

My latest WSJ Head Case column is on the intrinsic limitations (at least given current technology) of online interaction: Google+, the new social network from the search giant, is only a month old, but it’s already been declared a big success. So far there have been more than 20 million unique ...

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