Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet - The Atlantic

Final paragraphs from a long-view email perspective

"Email—yes, email—is one way forward for a less commercial, less centralized web, and the best thing is, this beautiful cockroach of a social network is already living in all of our homes. 

Now, all we have to do is convince the kids that the real rebellion against the pressures of social media isn't to escape to the ephemerality of Snapchat, but to retreat to the private, relaxed confines of their email inboxes."

Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet - The Atlantic