>Absolutely, the same way that great minds of past generations had friends, went to social events, and wrote letters. I recently read the Wulf's The Invention

>Absolutely, the same way that great minds of past generations had friends, went to social events, and wrote letters. I recently read the Wulf's The Invention of Nature, a biography of Alexander von Humboldt - from the middle of his life up until his death Humboldt wrote 2000 to 3000 letters per year, crazy if you think how much work a "regular" letter is.