Are we really happier for instantaneous news? Has the internet brought us paroxysms of ecstasy with the quality of information? Wouldn’t you just rather wait? I don’t think we should go to extremes, or go backward. Samuel Morse, it is said, developed the telegraph in part because he was away from home and only found out about his wife’s death after her burial, for which he could not return in time. More rapid communication was necessary and the telegraph provided the means. No, I’m not suggesting that happiness lies in being uninformed, but perhaps I lingered long enough among the Episcopalians so as to believe in the via media, the middle way. Some of the happiest times of my life have been spent without a screen glowing in my face. There is, however, good stuff here.
One example is blogging.
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