Snarky but mostly accurate. I do take issue with: > Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever been shown practical Technology is con

Snarky but mostly accurate. I do take issue with: > Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever been shown practical Technology is constantly advancing in ways that are related to the problem domain in non-obvious ways, so repeating that old saw puts us in a reverse boiling frog situation. We never jump in the pot because it doesn't seem hot enough. Well, until someone ignores people saying things like this and does it anyway. > Mailing lists and other legitimate email uses would be affected Allowing people to "opt in" to emails from people and companies they support could help, but you're right that this becomes a "spam tax". Which I'm mostly ok with, despite working for a company that sends a LOT of email.