Josh Sherman2 min readintro
Rediscovering Long-Form Email
Summary
The author, an email expert, advocates for a return to long-form, personal email conversations to foster deeper human connections. He argues this contrasts with fragmented social media, LLM-generated content, and formulaic cold emails, promoting more meaningful communication.
- Fragmented social platforms hinder consistent collaboration, making email a viable alternative for deeper connection.
- Long-form email enables more thoughtful conversations than short-form chat or templated cold emails.
- The prevalence of LLM-generated content devalues genuine, human-crafted long-form writing.
- Modern cold email often relies on scripted, impersonal templates, losing the essence of communication.
This piece offers a perspective on the value of thoughtful, long-form digital communication in an era dominated by short-form content and AI-generated text.
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