At the beginning of the internet it was unclear if you needed chat and email.

· Bits and Bobs 4/6/26
  • At the beginning of the internet it was unclear if you needed chat and email.
    • Both email and chat can be delivered instantly.
    • But the social implications of them are radically different.
    • The chat modality is default synchronous.
    • The email modality is default asynchronous.
    • In the end, we obviously[e] needed both.
    • The same kind of thing will likely happen for sync vs async LLM interaction.[f]