You can choose to deceive others outright, or simply avoid socially imposed constraints and imperfections to reveal your true self , Schrag says. But though e-mail may make it easier to deceive someone, it also makes it easier to be caught, he says. Messages can be saved on file or printed out, making it much easier for the other person to detect inconsistencies in your story. Despite the problems inherent in the medium, the use of e-mail to send love letters was inevitable, Schrag contends. No matter what new communication tool comes down the pike or how seemingly impractical or impersonal it is, sooner or later we humans will use it to write love letters, he says.
Love letters are standard cultural artifacts.
The only difference is, they ll be on Inkjet or Laserjet paper and won t smell like cologne.