Rick Webb: "The telephone was an aberration in human development. It was a 70 year or so period where for some reason humans decided it was socially acceptable to ring a loud bell in someone else's life and they were expected to come running, like dogs. This was the equivalent of thinking it was okay to walk into someone's living room and start shouting."
(from Boing Boing)
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"It was a 70 year or so period"? Um, do we not still use telephones? And have they not encroached beyond the living room, into our bedrooms, cars, offices, etc.? Still, I disagree with this perception. People were stoked about the telephone when it first took off. They were all too eager to run to someone's call. And now that it's less of a novelty, people can ignore any call they do not wish to take. End of story. How is this an abberation?
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