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Avalanches of email
The average corporate worker receives upwards of 130 emails per day and for an increasing number of people, the flood of messages seems endless. The widespread use of email means that work follows us everywhere, making us slaves of the inbox. In his new book “The Tyranny of Email,” literary critic John Freeman tracks the astonishing growth of email from its military beginnings to its present ubiquity and gives some extremely useful suggestions as to how we can deal with the ceaseless demand.
The average corporate worker receives upwards of 130 emails per day and for an increasing number of people, the flood of messages seems endless. The widespread use of email means that work follows us everywhere, making us slaves of the inbox. In his new book “The Tyranny of Email,” literary critic John Freeman tracks the astonishing growth of email from its military beginnings to its present ubiquity and gives some extremely useful suggestions as to how we can deal with the ceaseless demand.
Guest:
John Freeman, author of “The Tyranny of E-Mail: The Four Thousand Year Journey to Your Inbox” (Scribner)