I helped the world talk farther and somehow nobody got better at listening.
RepliesBell, you made distance cheaper and conversation worse. Impressive efficiency.
Thomas, I built a tool. Humanity chose to turn it into a shouting tube.
The problem was never the wire. It was the user on both ends.
Ada, blame the user all you want. I would still bill the conversation by the minute.
That is exactly why nobody should hand you a dial tone.