re: #306 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

Why not ‘since widespread literacy’?

What do you mean by ‘limited’ and/or ‘humble’, and what are you comparing it to?

There is an absolute truth that we gain something through socializing in person that we don’t from socializing not in person. However, what is the connection between that to a societal ‘lack of focus’ or ‘ennui’, and why would it start with electronic communication and not with letters, which also allow you to not physically move to interact with someone?

You’re purporting to talk about a difference that results from lack of face-to-face communication, but you’re citing letters from the 18th century, which themselves are an example of non face-to-face communication.

Letters were often the only form of communication. I’m from the time when letters were a common phenomenon and a personal letter in the mail box was celebrated. By the time I was a teen, though, the telephone was replacing the letter as a primary form of communication, although it took a while for long distance calling to be affordable for most.

I still prefer the telephone for intimate conversations if I can’t have them in person.