“I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone.” (via Wendy Cooper’s Weblog)

Is this change to written communication about efficiency or just that having control over the kind of communication is more satisfying?

"I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone." From the Washington Post A generation of e-mailing, followed by an explosion in texting, has pushed the telephone conversation into serious decline, creating new tensions between baby boomers and millennials — those in their teens, 20s and early 30s. Nearly all age groups are spending less time talking on the phone; boomers in their mid-50s and early 60s are the only ones still yakking as they did when Ma Bell was America‘s communications queen. … Read More

via Wendy Cooper’s Weblog

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