"It occurred to me the other day that people like to Twitter because they're afraid of dying."
Twitter, once solely the concern of technophiles and new media pundits, is now a firm part of mainstream culture, both online and off. What does the mass adoption of such a seemingly simple tool say about our values? Is it an exercise of pure vanity, or does the microblog serve some need?
Along with Globe readers and Twitter users, feature writer Ian Brown examined our urge to tweet, 140 characters at a time. Follow the conversation in the blog below, via his Twitter account @Brownoftheglobe , or by searching for the hashtag #tgam .
