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90,000 letters is equal to 4 a day for 61 years. That's a superhuman output
by orf 10y ago
90,000 letters is equal to 4 a day for 61 years. That's a superhuman output
- kleer001 10y agoIt's amazing what people can get up to if they're not being distracted by the internet or other popular media.
- jcoffland 10y agoThat's just an excuse. Most people back in the good old days didn't get up to much either.
- kleer001 10y agoMost people, sure. But they weren't going to do great works anyways. It's the exceptional ones are more likely these days to be eaten up by transitory media along with everyone else. But who knows. It's all speculation from me. There's no ethical way to run the experiment.
- arvinsim 10y agoMight it also be that modern telecommunications have lessened the need to write letters?
- wccrawford 10y agoIndeed. Are emails considered "letters"? How many IMs does it take to equal a "letter"? What about forum posts? I suspect that if you measured it word for word, I write at least "4 letters" worth per day.
- cryoshon 10y agowow. on my best days (which are rare) i hit 5k...