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What’s the best way to use email?

Eric Barker
May 16, 2012

 

Email is the new symbol of overload in our culture.

Studies show:

Despite all of this, ironically, you may find email more addictive than tobacco or alcohol.

So maybe it’s not ridiculous that some have speculated that technology is tearing us apart.

But studies also show that:

So is it email in particular?

I doubt it.

We just weren’t designed to do the majority of our communication so abstractly.

There has been similar speculation about Facebook and I think the same results apply to email:

The results were unequivocal. âThe greater the proportion of face-to-face interactions, the less lonely you are,â he says. âThe greater the proportion of online interactions, the lonelier you are.â Surely, I suggest to Cacioppo, this means that Facebook and the like inevitably make people lonelier. He disagrees. Facebook is merely a tool, he says, and like any tool, its effectiveness will depend on its user. âIf you use Facebook to increase face-to-face contact,â he says, âit increases social capital.â So if social media let you organize a game of football among your friends, thatâs healthy. If you turn to social media instead of playing football, however, thatâs unhealthy.

Make sure that your relationships (business or personal) have a strong face-to-face component as much as possible.

Seeing friends and family regularly is worth an extra $97,265 a year.

If you’re fighting a clogged inbox, I recommend Inbox Zero.

And if you’re trying to waste less time on the internet, the first step is to get more sleep.

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Title What’s the best way to use email?
Author Eric Barker
Date May 16, 2012 10:41 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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