Better off?

I was just sitting here when the song "Burning Photographs" by Ryan Adams came on, long story short its about getting over a girl and getting rid of all your photos of her. It got me thinking, are we really better off in this ultra technological age?

I mean take this lyric:

"I used to be sad

Now I'm just bored with you

You're doomed to repeat the past

'Cause nothing is gonna last

I burned all your photographs"

Now try and get "I deleted you on facebook and twitter and erased my phone's memory" to scan, it just doesn't.

All this technology doesn't leave much room for dramatic melancholic gestures.