Archive for October 20th, 2008

On Social Change

On the surface, it seems like the (U.S.) postal service hasn’t changed much over the years: rates have gone up, the old scary jeeps have mostly been replaced by minivans, and there are all kinds of nifty services they didn’t used to offer, but otherwise, it’s been business as usual. Right? Well… yes and no. There have been changes - but some of those that affect the postal service are more widespread social effects.
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