The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.” So wrote Joseph Joubert, an essayist and moralist in 18th century France, a time and place of much change. I have no idea if people took heed (they did not in his lifetime, as he was posthumously published), but were he to say this to those arguing over digital media, I doubt anyone would hear him, leave alone listen.

Take for instance the latest foray of viral videos about women (the ek-ke-saath-ek-free deal of our times).