You might want to try this experiment. On selected days around the
year, near Christmas and not, weekdays and weekends, categorize your
U.S. Mail. In one category is “useful”–that includes bills,
Christmas cards, etc. If you are a coupon clipper, it includes coupon
magazines and such, otherwise not. This category includes the mail
you want to [...]
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What is in store for the future of humanity? The usual way to answer
this question is to attempt to take things to their logical
conclusion. The “Bookworm” phenomenon has given way to couch
potatoes, video game addiction, and more recently, internet addiction.
This was partly addressed in Fahrenheit 451, where the citizens were
glued to their TV sets [...]
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