> I get that "hell is other people", but compared to the alternative, email is great Honestly, I think the hatred of email is an emotional response to the anxi

> I get that "hell is other people", but compared to the alternative, email is great Honestly, I think the hatred of email is an emotional response to the anxiety people have with interacting with people. Email just compounds this by queuing up every interaction into a list, which is basically like lining up every person who needs your attention into one around-the-block line, and they never go home until you reply or tell them to high-tail it. The long and short of it is that email fools us into thinking that we have the tools to automate the job of a Personal Assistant/Secretary/Administrator and just get it done ourselves, but most people just find out that we're just doing too much ourselves.