Lookback: the post-telephonic age

From 2010:

A friend on the West Coast sent me an e-mail the other day that ended, “Give me a call. We never talk.” When I read this, it struck me that the only people I call simply to talk nowadays are Mrs. T (when we’re in different places), my mother, my brother, and Our Girl in Chicago. I communicate with the rest of the world via e-mail or some other form of direct messaging, and I can’t remember the last time that I sent a purely personal letter for any reason other than condolence or to say thanks for a gift or service of some kind….

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