schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agoDanish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1123 cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.canews@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1123external-linkDanish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 yearswww.theguardian.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square25fedilink cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.canews@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoI don’t think 95% is right, but in any case, when does it then stop being critical infrastructure? At 99% digital correspondence? 100%? Never? Must we maintain a working national postal service, with all its employees and logistics, just in case?
minus-squareRednax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThat is an easy question to answer. Sending letters becomes non-critical when it is cheaper to send the incidental letter as a package than it is to maintain the letter sending service.
I don’t think 95% is right, but in any case, when does it then stop being critical infrastructure? At 99% digital correspondence? 100%? Never?
Must we maintain a working national postal service, with all its employees and logistics, just in case?
That is an easy question to answer. Sending letters becomes non-critical when it is cheaper to send the incidental letter as a package than it is to maintain the letter sending service.