Interesting-sounding headline AND a seemingly custom-designed art piece to go with the story? To the top of HN we go, regardless of whether the story itself is valuable or not. (There is a lesson to be learned here for spammers, err, I mean marketing people.)
This particular story can be simplified to something that isn't a particularly new or deep insight: E-mail is asynchronous and instant messages are not.
This particular story can be simplified to something that isn't a particularly new or deep insight: E-mail is asynchronous and instant messages are not.