Chicago Maroon: Traveling and telephones: a cultural gap

“I’m convinced that while making a lot of phone calls involves little actual work, it is a tremendously draining activity. Though it requires no physical exertion, there is a difficulty inherent in communicating with people who are far away as though we were actually in their presence.”

This is not really a payphone story, but a thought-provoking essay that made me reflect on how constant access to a telephone amounts to escapism. Do you remember when communication with people you could not see was as good as impossible?
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