John Freeman: the Tyranny of Email October 28, 2009

Drawing on extensively on the research of linguistics, behavioral sciences, cultural critics and philosophers, Freeman takes a fascinating look at the unrelenting nature of corenspondence through the ages, and explores how that nature has manifested itself in email. As the toll of email mounts, reducing our time for leisure and contemplation, and separating us from each other in an unending and lonely battle with the overfull inbox. Freeman enters a plea for communication that is more selective and nuanced, and, above all, more sociable.