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> An invention comes as the solution to a problem. What is the problem that the invention of email solved? And what problems did the invention of email create?
by FollowingTheDao 2y ago
> An invention comes as the solution to a problem.
What is the problem that the invention of email solved? And what problems did the invention of email create?
Inventions do not solve problems. An invention is a mental fabrication, nothing more.
- freeone3000 2y agoIt solved piles of papers and faxes for inter-office memoranda. It solved a 2-week delay for communications with customers (everything from “your order has been placed” to “you still owe us money” to “here’s our christmas catalog”). Email solved the problem of the physical post being (comparatively) expensive and slow.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoAll of thosethings were not problems at the time, they’re only problems in retrospect.