Fahrenheit 451

In "Fahrenheit 451", what strong social statement is the author making about the future of man in a technical world?

One of the major conflicts is humanity vs. technology. Bradbury begins this conflict early when Montag goes home and finds his wife has overdosed on sleeping pills. He screams, but his voice is drowned out by the planes flying overhead. This immediately sets up the situation of a human being's feelings and voice being overshadowed by mass culture and technology. According to his story, Bradbury feels man has no future in a technological world if society doesn't balance a person's thoughts and feelings, his ability to think and feel, with the technology. Montag no longer feels a part of his mechanical society and gravitates toward books and the book people. It is through books that we as humans are connected to each other. Take this away, and people are left with shells of their former selves. They no longer think, feel, or have a connection to one another.