Once romance via letters was invented (a century earlier), romance over newer media was inevitable. Not unlike Sears & Roebuck making retail-over-mail a huge t

Once romance via letters was invented (a century earlier), romance over newer media was inevitable. Not unlike Sears & Roebuck making retail-over-mail a huge thing, and then Amazon doing the same with retail-over-Internet. Though a lot of things that seem obvious in retrospect aren't in the moment.