I am struck by the contrast of the present and past.

Representing the past we have Tolstoy’s War and Peace , or more specifically, the Tolstoy characters. They communicated in lengthy longhand letters and bountiful ballroom banter. The letters go on for pages and tell of events covering months and perhaps years. They are the stuff of novels.

And today… we have Twitter who asks, “What are you doing?” Oh, and you only have 140 characters to tell me. What?! A Tolstoy character would use 140 characters in the salutation.

Would Tolstoy Tweet?

posted by: chris

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