> Vocal communication seems more efficient than text. It can be faster, but you're potentially trading clarity and ease of reference - among other things - to

> Vocal communication seems more efficient than text. It can be faster, but you're potentially trading clarity and ease of reference - among other things - to get that speed. For example, it's not necessarily very useful for me to sit someone down and talk to them them an hour or so in response to a question on some complex issue, as compared to sending them an email they can read at their leisure and hop around in for reference.