There are different forms of communication depending on the type of relationship you have with a person. Using the author's logic, email/texting would be the on

There are different forms of communication depending on the type of relationship you have with a person. Using the author's logic, email/texting would be the only form of communication we'd use since it solves the "stress" and "vanity" problem better than even telephones. But that's not the case. Email/texting with acquaintances. Telephone with friends. And video chat with close friends/family. We use the level of interaction commensurate with the relationship at hand since at the end of the day we still yearn for that real connection with other humans.