In a world where everyone has a forum (if not several) ready to instantly accept their every thought, these are wise words indeed. In decades past, getting an opinion before large numbers of people was probably best served by writing a Letter to the Editor of the local newspaper. Maybe a week later it might appear, shortened, sanitized, heavily edited …
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Thought-provoking observations by novelist Jonathan Safran which appeared in the June 9 edition of The New York Times. Most of our communication technologies began as diminished substitutes for an impossible activity. We couldn’t always see one another face to face, so the telephone made it possible to keep in touch at a distance. One is not always home, so the …