Cohen: Social media are making us anything but social

My father had a friend named Reuben. He owned a venerable men’s clothing store. Reuben was always stylish.
Winter, spring, summer, fall – Reuben would wear shirts, ties and sports jackets that were in fashion. His commitment to the new extended to cars, diets and trends such as adult education.
Call Reuben a faddist. What was shiny, novel and popular he embraced; for him the virtue of being new was enough. Like articles of clothing, he would discard what was no longer in vogue to ado