On a societal scale, the size and "meaningful content density" of communication seems to be inversely proportional to the ease with which it is delivered to it'

On a societal scale, the size and "meaningful content density" of communication seems to be inversely proportional to the ease with which it is delivered to it's audience. Would you bother writing "Java Sucks" with a quill and paying a horseman to carry it 2000 miles? I wouldn't bother writing this comment if I weren't already logged in...