Mon, 02 Oct 2006

Ah, the Warmth of Human Contact

How many times have we seen misery spread over misconstrued comments in email or via IM? There's even a slang term for it: "flame war". And even the telephone suffers from this ability to obfuscate meaning - nothing can replace a face-to-face.

Electronic communication is nearly instantaneous, essentially wiping out time and distance. But what is being said using all this marvelous technology? That's what really matters. Commentary by Tony Long.

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