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Something else that's lost when we stopped writing letters: attention span. When someone is reading a letter it is almost always the only thing they are doing.
by Molitor5901 2y ago
Something else that's lost when we stopped writing letters: attention span. When someone is reading a letter it is almost always the only thing they are doing.
- nnf 2y agoIf we're talking about handwritten letters or even typewritten, one would have to have a plan for what they wanted to say and then execute their writing linearly from beginning to end, whereas now we can edit and poke and prod and reword with almost no effort.
- willcipriano 2y agoIf I had more time I would have written you a shorter letter.
- loloquwowndueo 2y ago“ChatGPT, please summarize this tirade I wrote in less than 500 words”
- wruza 2y agoPretty sure they used drafts for that, at least until learning to do it on the fly.