Charlotte's Web

6: Sparky’s AI Email Odyssey

Intentional AI, 12 August 2026. The book comes up at 8 min 24 sec in.

David Sparks recounts an anecdote about E.B. White being swamped by fan letters from schoolchildren who read Charlotte's Web as a class assignment. He cites White's reply to a child—that he cannot write another book because he is always answering their letters—and the closing line 'the morning mail is my enemy,' which David uses to frame his own struggle with email volume.

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