A silly society is a youth-obsessed society: To the Chinese, who appreciate the value of experience, the greater the ratio in a team of grey 'hairs and no-hairs' to 'black hairs' the faster and better a task will be completed. The opposite assumption obtains in the youth-obsessed U. S.
I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.