communicate, but with the hyperactive hive mind–style workflows they enable. One thread of these responses concerned the sheer volume of communication generated by this workflow. “Every day it’s a barrage of emails regarding scheduling, deadlines, and they’re not used very effectively,” wrote a lawyer named Art. George, also a lawyer, described his inbox as containing “an avalanche of messages” in which important things get lost. Another thread focused on the inefficiency of stretching out conversations into endless back-and-forth messaging.
