Telecommunication technologies have effectively flooded the market for social contact...
>Telecommunication technologies have effectively flooded the market for social contact, rendering the market value of that contact worthless, just as would happen to gold should alchemy become possible. The response of the market is to value face-to-face contact above all other forms. [...] Etiquette develops similarly. We express our respect for someone when turning our mobile phone off before a conversation.<
William Mitchell (Feb 2006) Economy of Presence, Prospect
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