Life Before Email

I know that it is hard to believe but there was life before we had emails, internet faxing, and Facebook. We all had something we did before email, texting and social media. Some of us cooked, some drank, some read, some of us made quilts, some of us played tennis. And what do we accomplish with all this emailing? Are we getting more work done? Are we more effective? Individually perhaps yes, but collectively there is very little change to how productive we are. Oddly enough, with all these communication services and mobile applications, we are not closer to our family and friends. In fact, I think that it might have added some distance. We are only human which means that there will always be misunderstandings and just a text or a post will not be the answer. We need to see them in person and understand how they are feeling.