Padgett Powell - It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the r...

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It's hard to say conversation has become a minimal thing, because look at the rise of mobile communications in the last 10 years. It used to be only the president had a mobile phone. Now everyone on earth, even if they have nothing else, they have a cell phone.

Padgett Powell

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es ist schwer zu sagen, dass Konversation zu einer minimalen Sache geworden ist, da der Aufstieg der mobilen Kommunikation in den letzten zehn Jahren betrachtet wurde. Früher hatte nur der Präsident ein Mobiltelefon. Nun, alle auf der Erde, auch wenn sie nichts anderes haben, haben ein Handy.

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