We have all taken the convenient giftgiving route, and it shows.
The quicker the spend we replace thought with money, time with ease. Even a physical object that must be shipped or delivered trumps an ecard, making a gift of labor irreplaceable.
The frictionless, smooth and painless convenience of the digital age is precisely what shapes us to not care enough.
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