A minor benefit is that people return my phone calls. I would like readers to have an increased awareness of the way that we are living. The book raises questions, raises the level of consciousness. Actually, Kafka is one of my major influences. I think it is a valid analogy.
Email is a symptom, a metaphor of our fast-food mentality, and a tool for speeding up our lives.
I plan never to use it. My daughters, one still at home, and one at college, rely on it. At times, I will have my daughter write an email for me. I use it from time to time for urgent messages. Dostoyevski, James Joyce, Annie Proulx, Michael Olijink, Marquez, Badakov.