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    1 year ago

    A century ago, in America, the largest retailer - Sears & Roebuck - tried shifting from handwritten letters to typed to their customers. There was a huge backlash because the typed letters came across as cold and impersonal. The company (temporarily) went back to handwritten letters, at greater expense, until the practice was more widespread.