Email could never come into existence today. It only survives as a difficult-to-dislodge remnant of an earlier, more open, more idealistic Internet. Loads of c

Email could never come into existence today. It only survives as a difficult-to-dislodge remnant of an earlier, more open, more idealistic Internet. Loads of companies (including Facebook and Google) are trying to "fix" (read: kill) your email inbox.