Rigney mentions social media early in his book, acknowledging that such technologies “amplify and reinforce our spiritual and social sickness.” But the problem, he says, “runs deeper than Twitter, Facebook, and cable news.” He’s right that social media is not the source of our problems. Delete your account and you will still wrestle with sin. But practically speaking, using Twitter and other social media eats away at the qualities that make a person a good leader. The more time you spend on Twitter, the less sober-minded, or differentiated, you become.
My essay on Twitter is now live on the Theopolis blog.
Christian Leithart 