A hundred years from now, when you're able to "think" a message directly from the chip in your head to the chip in someone else's, maybe the texts and tweets that connect us so instantly today will seem antiquated. They might seem as antiquated as the idea of communicating by postcards seems to us now, but really, how far have we come?
"The dress is ready. Please come up for another fitting." This was a postcard someone received in the early 1900s from a shop called Trudell and Tobey on James Street North, colloquially known as the "2 Ts," Jon Soyko tells me. Jon is the editor of the newly published and splendidly presented "This Is A Beautiful City: A Look at Hamilton and Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada, Through Picture Postcards."
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