<p> More from <a href="/the-sciences/the-benefits-and-costs-of-a-technology-sherils-very-serious-point-about-twitter" title="">Chris</a>, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/opinion/22dowd.html?_r=2&amp;th&amp;emc=th" title="">Maureen Dowd</a>, <a href="http://physioprof.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/tweet-this-motherfucker/" title="">PhysioProf</a>, <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/islandofdoubt/2009/04/why_twitter_is_evil.php" title="">James</a>, and <a href="/the-sciences/twitter-nation" title="">I</a> on the technology set to ‘</p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><p><em>destroy </em><a href="/the-sciences/the-matrix" title="">civilization</a><em> as we know it</em></p><p>‘.</p><div data-embedid="4b651d8f-ea11-445f-9ea7-e776ca36eef3" id="insticator-embed-temp"></div>

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