Will Paper Become Obsolete?
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ShaggyJebus wrote...
Good answers, everyone, but let me change this a bit:Will paper ever become obsolete to the average person?
As I've already said, very few people send real letters anymore. It's all email and texts. With entertainment, downloading is huge right now, and I imagine it'll only get more popular. Comics don't have to be bought and read in your hands - they can be downloaded and read with more ease. Same with books; there are devices made specifically to read digital books. And a lot of people don't seem to miss the feel of a real book in their hands. For notes, there are the palm pilots and everything; it's not hard at all to jot a note down in one of those. And while the technology could fail, batteries could die, people don't seem to mind too much. I'm about the only person I know that actually uses a watch. Everyone else uses their cell phones. (A little off-topic, but the point is, people blindly trust that their things will always work.)
Even when it comes to taking notes in a classroom (or meeting, I suppose), people can use laptops. In the not-too-far-off future, it may be that every person in a class will have a laptop in front of them instead of a pencil and paper. Would we let that happen? Or would that be natural progression?
Depends on the definition of "average people".
If third worlders count paper will never become obsolete because it is cheap and effective. A recent "laptops for every child" drive in africa met with utter failure. While the children were indeed given laptops, there were numerous reasons for these laptops not working that well. For one thing, there was an utter lack of infrastructure. They had laptops, but no internet connection. In some instances, I'd imagine lack of electricity itself is a problem. There were other reasons, but the country that received the laptops was simply too poor.
About the only way for paper to become obsolete is if trees become extinct. Which, at the rate things are going, is quite possible,
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uh, paper has been around since the Chinese invented it. even if modern day equipment uses data, that is still software and people will eventually need a hard copy of the data presented. and besides, paper has always the advantage over them:
you can always make AIRPLANES out of it. :)
you can always make AIRPLANES out of it. :)
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Dont believe paper is going anywhere. couple reasons
1. not everyone in the world has a computer
2. hard to sign a computer screen for contracts
3. paper doesn't break
1. not everyone in the world has a computer
2. hard to sign a computer screen for contracts
3. paper doesn't break
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Ever heard the adage "for everything a paper trail"?
Its true, i have every single receipt from my first soda purchase to my most recent purchase of ammunition. IT comes in handy from time to time when balancing books out.
My Dad is the same way, he has over 50 years of paper trail, he used it to successfully piss off the IRS about 5 years ago when they tried to audit him.
It was rather hilarious the look on peoples faces when my dad handed the judge his ENTIRE checking history with receipts from the last 6 years.
So will it happen?
Possibly, but i would still recommend having one, even if no one else does, paper doesn't lie like a digital document can
Its true, i have every single receipt from my first soda purchase to my most recent purchase of ammunition. IT comes in handy from time to time when balancing books out.
My Dad is the same way, he has over 50 years of paper trail, he used it to successfully piss off the IRS about 5 years ago when they tried to audit him.
It was rather hilarious the look on peoples faces when my dad handed the judge his ENTIRE checking history with receipts from the last 6 years.
So will it happen?
Possibly, but i would still recommend having one, even if no one else does, paper doesn't lie like a digital document can
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I hate leaving a paper trail.
Cash for everything, aliases for most transactions, and whenever possible I work around authentication.
I would fuck with proxies, but I'm not adept yet.
Cash for everything, aliases for most transactions, and whenever possible I work around authentication.
I would fuck with proxies, but I'm not adept yet.
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There is knowledge gap that will become a trouble if paper become obsolete.
We can easily destroy paper, but we don't do it (unconsciously) because, well, we know about its characteristic. We know if we put fire to paper, then it will be burnt. Water will liquid the ink. Force will rip it. We can see it physically, so we know how to guard it, for matter of security.
Now, we can easily destroy digital data and some people do it (unconsciously) because those some people don't know about its characteristic. One button (or combination of bugs, etc.) can destroy the data. We can't see digital data, so some people don't know how to guard it (using antivirus, firewall, etc.)
Of course, when you say average people, simple confirmation before deleting the data will be enough. Security is for more advanced people. If it is not the end of the world when you burn your paper (is it?), then digital data is for you.
There is always a printer when you want to turn digital data to paper.
I want to talk about digital art (since there is still physical art nowadays), which will prove maybe the cultural change is needed before anything physical is becoming obsolete. Second though it seems will be out of topic~
We can easily destroy paper, but we don't do it (unconsciously) because, well, we know about its characteristic. We know if we put fire to paper, then it will be burnt. Water will liquid the ink. Force will rip it. We can see it physically, so we know how to guard it, for matter of security.
Now, we can easily destroy digital data and some people do it (unconsciously) because those some people don't know about its characteristic. One button (or combination of bugs, etc.) can destroy the data. We can't see digital data, so some people don't know how to guard it (using antivirus, firewall, etc.)
Of course, when you say average people, simple confirmation before deleting the data will be enough. Security is for more advanced people. If it is not the end of the world when you burn your paper (is it?), then digital data is for you.
There is always a printer when you want to turn digital data to paper.
I want to talk about digital art (since there is still physical art nowadays), which will prove maybe the cultural change is needed before anything physical is becoming obsolete. Second though it seems will be out of topic~
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Age wrote...
No, no matter how rich or poor, bright or dim, handy or fickle we all need some thing to wipe our arses with in the end.also something to mastarbate in XP.
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No, Paper will be around for a very very long time to come.
We'll always need a medium to write on with our hands, otherwise, written language might die out with exception of it being written via computers XD
Paper will still be around in one form or other. There's nothing to rule out producing paper entirely via synthetic means.
Also, like some people has already said, paper will always serve as hard copy data. They've been known to last for thousands of years if preserved correctly. Current digital method won't be able to preserve stuff for a real long time but we're making progress on that I believe.
And plus, mangas that you all love is drawn via paper!
I've thought if paper would be obsoleted very easily, my answer is no. It's simply way too used in many many situations to be totally obsoleted.
We'll always need a medium to write on with our hands, otherwise, written language might die out with exception of it being written via computers XD
Paper will still be around in one form or other. There's nothing to rule out producing paper entirely via synthetic means.
Also, like some people has already said, paper will always serve as hard copy data. They've been known to last for thousands of years if preserved correctly. Current digital method won't be able to preserve stuff for a real long time but we're making progress on that I believe.
And plus, mangas that you all love is drawn via paper!
I've thought if paper would be obsoleted very easily, my answer is no. It's simply way too used in many many situations to be totally obsoleted.
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Paper will never become obsolete.
Even if information becomes digital, there's nothing like having a hardcopy for security purposes.
Finally, the practical uses of paper will always be around. For example, toilet paper, paper towels, among others uses. >w<
Even if information becomes digital, there's nothing like having a hardcopy for security purposes.
Finally, the practical uses of paper will always be around. For example, toilet paper, paper towels, among others uses. >w<
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I can understand businesses always using paper, but the common person? I feel like a lot of people will ditch paper as soon as they can.
Already, people do a lot of things on computers and handheld devices. It's really not hard to imagine a person that owns no real, physical books but has an immense library on their Kindle.
Already, people do a lot of things on computers and handheld devices. It's really not hard to imagine a person that owns no real, physical books but has an immense library on their Kindle.
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I like to look at things this way: technology has a funny way or fucking you over. Paper will become obsolete in 5 years or so but people are gonna regret it as soon as technology goes bad.
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Paper will never EVER become obsolete!
Im working in a School and they were bragging when they finished the construction that it was going to be be totally different in this School, A paperless School, Totally modern and electronic... Yadda Yadda Yadda.
Papers fucking EVERYWHERE!!! (We recycle half the fucking Brazilian Rainforest) >_>
Im working in a School and they were bragging when they finished the construction that it was going to be be totally different in this School, A paperless School, Totally modern and electronic... Yadda Yadda Yadda.
Papers fucking EVERYWHERE!!! (We recycle half the fucking Brazilian Rainforest) >_>
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Seriously, what is the difference between writing and typing other than putting your hand around a rod in a certain way? (Lulz, preparation for giving handjobs)You might have to print it out, but even that's growing obsolete with projectors.
But I happen to be a stubborn old mule who rarely changes his ways, so I will always use paper and pencil to write down important things.
But I happen to be a stubborn old mule who rarely changes his ways, so I will always use paper and pencil to write down important things.