> But I’ve found there’s something magical about email as a medium of communication, and as a technology.

Reminds me of [0]

I love email and postcards. It's a bummer that the signal to noise ratio is so high with junk mail, but that makes genuine correspondence even more special. Long replies make you sit with someone else's perspective without interrupting longer than you would in normal conversation and I think that changes things dramatically.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message