From: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 03:57:03 +0800
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: Past one terabit/second on fiber
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> >Now that's progress, don't you think?
> 
> Yes, I do!  Because these activities don't just happen by themselves, they 
> take the place of other activities which were formerly done in their place.  
> The trivial example of sending letters has been replaced by email.

   E-mail is cool. E-mail is lovely. I use it enthusiatically.   It is 
not the same thing as sitting down with a fountain pen and and some fine 
stationary. I feel sorry for your significant other if your loveletters 
go by e-mail.

Yes, let's get people away from reading books. Hey, there's computer 
games to play, burn that library down, will you?

Quantity of life is not the same as quality of life.