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The problem is, most people don't have enough literacy and practicing to communicate via text. Most of them appear to be able to read and write text, but they are not. They simply recognize the few keywords and pretend they understand it.

That's why most of the people, after remote work become the norm, fallback to inefficient video chat rather than efficient text chat.

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It is possible to convey much more nuance through speech.

I like to think of myself as an effective writer. Nonetheless, it is incredibly difficult to express nuanced emotions through writing. This is particularly true in “professional” contexts, where an informal message may be perceived as rude. In many situations, I suspect that the same message, delivered verbally, would not even warrant a second thought.

The reality is that few people are taught to write in a manner that allows them to actually express their feelings. The fact that we even need to learn this indicates to me that speech is a far more effective way of getting our thoughts across

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