schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoDanish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down13 cross-posted to: world@quokk.auworld@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.orgcanada@lemmy.cahackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkDanish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 yearswww.theguardian.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink cross-posted to: world@quokk.auworld@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.orgcanada@lemmy.cahackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 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 hours 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.