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by version_five 1272 days ago
Ironically, based on my experience working in consulting and with exec level folks, what most people need is something that turns long meandering emails into text like your example

Good emails are short and give only the most relevant info and "ask" of the recipient. Most emails people send get ignored or misunderstood because they expect too much from the recipient, who, unless it's a major priority, doesn't have the time to try and figure out what they're supposed to do from the email.

I expect this kind of thing will never get traction in most business applications, but an email shortener, definitely.

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I believe this can be done with NN softwares: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/media/democratize-documentation...
yup.

I am just not going to read your long email.

As a rule of thumb, 90% of emails essence is contained in the second from last sentence in the email (usually an ask; don't believe me, just check your inbox). If it is a long email, that's the only part I am going to read.