evolution

while talking with a colleague about facebook and the way in which it is reshaping our culture and the affects it has had on our society, she made an interesting point-

every new thing was controversial in its time.

she noted that even when books were invented, the idea of the oral tradition being lost was somewhat of a travesty.
i had never thought about it quite that way.
while i can recognize and appreciate the duality of the loss and the gain with every new "development" we make in technology/society, i still get nostalgic for those "old school" ways.

i got home tonight and opened my mailbox to find a real piece of mail. not a bill, not a magazine or an invitation printed off a machine, but a real, hand written piece of mail. i love the usps. and as much as i love the efficiency of the internet and i email and type more than hand-write; i know there is no authentic replacement for the old school version of things.