Summary of "We've Got Mail--Always"

“Is e-mail a blessing or a curse?” That’s the question Andrew Leonard asks in his article, “We’ve Got Mail—Always.” Leonard begins his article by noting how people measure their “wired worth” by the amount of e-mails they receive. According to Leonard, it’s well worth the hassle of deleting tons of junk mail just to receive a few meaningful e-mails, but e-mail also makes people’s lives more complex.
Andrew Leonard points out that when scientists first developed this technology, they were only trying to share research and make life easier. E-mail did make life easier. It became to many people, what Leonard calls a “Promethean gift”, designed to help cope with the pre...