More gnashing of teeth about writing (or lack thereof)

Letter writing (in fact, any kind of original writing) is fast becoming (or may already be) a lost art. Writing and answering letters require an investment of your time and, as a consequence, a letter usually contains real thoughts. By contrast, e-mail and texting require little (if any) time or thought. In e-mail and texting, respect for the reader, grammar, spelling, and punctuation are simply discarded - all in the name of expediency.

E-mail is one of several insidious aspects of technology. E-mail offers great mobility and efficiency. However, e-mail lacks the authenticity of handwritten and verbal (face to face) communication. E-mail has been described as a perversion of actual handwritten letters and notes. Thus, we'd have to say text messages and tweeting are a perversion of e-mail.

This is going to become a problem because even though most people are tech savvy, they simply don't know how to write. I don't mean composing something meaningful on their laptops or netbooks - although that, too, is fast becoming a problem - I mean that people literally don't know how to write. Legible cursive handwriting is becoming almost non-existent.