Don’t Use the Pony Express to Mail Your Prayer Letter

Communication has changed dras­ti­cally. The thought of a horse and rider deliv­er­ing my per­sonal mes­sages seems like a thing of the ancient past, but in real­ity, it was only 150 years ago that peo­ple in the Wild West were using the Pony Express. I have to admit, the Pony Express sounds roman­tic, but I’m very glad to have Google Chat instead (one sec­ond vs. ten days). This is a per­fect exam­ple, albeit an extreme one, of just how dra­mat­i­cally things have