Re:Germany set to eclipse Japan as No. 3 economy in 2023, IM...
by hotnfresh on Thursday October 26, 2023 @06:01PM
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> When has increased barrier to communication ever been good?
Phone call costs used to mean you probably wanted to answer every phone call you received, rather than missing calls you should have answered because you're so used to ignoring them since most are spam and fraud. IDK about good in terms of humanity or whatever, but if I could snap my fingers and set a $0.05/minute rate on all phone calls, and $0.15 for long distance connections of any kind, I'd do it, because it'd be a net-improvement for everyone I know.
> It's better to reduce barrier and change training rather increase barrier
The medium is the message. You want to change the message, look at the medium, not the people.
Phone call costs used to mean you probably wanted to answer every phone call you received, rather than missing calls you should have answered because you're so used to ignoring them since most are spam and fraud. IDK about good in terms of humanity or whatever, but if I could snap my fingers and set a $0.05/minute rate on all phone calls, and $0.15 for long distance connections of any kind, I'd do it, because it'd be a net-improvement for everyone I know.
> It's better to reduce barrier and change training rather increase barrier
The medium is the message. You want to change the message, look at the medium, not the people.