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Quote by Yuval Noah Harari
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It used to be a lot of work to write a letter, address and stamp an envelope, and get it to the mailbox. It took days, weeks, maybe months to get an answer. Today, I can punch up an email, send it to the other side of the world, and (if the recipient is online) get a response within a minute. I've saved a lot of time and hassle, but has my life become more peaceful? Unfortunately not. In the age of handwritten letters, people usually wrote only when they had something important to say. They didn't write down the first thing that came to their mind, but rather thought about what they wanted to say and how to say it. They expected a similarly thoughtful response. Most of them did not write or receive more than a few letters a month, and only very rarely did they feel compelled to respond to one immediately. Today, I receive dozens of emails a day from people who expect an immediate response. We thought we were saving time; instead, we cranked up the gears of life tenfold and made our days much more anxious and nervous.