I'll speak: balderdash.
In the context of gifted education, was there ever a better advance than the Internet? Name it...
Of course you can use it to be a sad person, but you could be a sad person before the Internet too. Really irks me to see people blaming this for that.
I agree with you. Something tells me he didn't read much of this:
PIP: Tech and Social Isolation "This Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey finds that Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. People’s use of the mobile phone and the internet is associated with larger and more diverse discussion networks. And, when we examine people’s full personal network – their strong and weak ties – internet use in general and use of social networking services such as Facebook in particular are associated with more diverse social networks."
