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My mother found a pike of letters from 30 years ago. Mondane conversations that we today would carry out over message apps.

It made her very emotional and nostaligic. Ended up much more precious than she thought when she wrote them.

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Interesting to think about if finding a database dump of messages 30 years from now would bring back the same nostalgia. I would think that the tangible aspect would have a more profound impact.

I also think the format of letters lends itself a bit better to being re-read. A single message talking about the "last little while" rather than atomic thoughts and reactions. More context about the snapshot of life it describes. Like a page from a diary that was shared with someone.

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