Cold Constructs Blog

What a brilliant idea. Why should we continue to push sticks of graphite around? What unique purpose does it serve but to express ourselves? It is now obsolete with the onset of typing and voice-recognition software, therefore it should be forced into the category of “art”.

With the advent of computers it is entirely possible to get rid of paper and pen as a tool for writing. It was possible with the advent of typewriters, but now, with computers, it is preferable. Typing and talking is significantly faster, more accurate (no need to squint to discern letters in badly-written script) and altogether more humane.

Think about it.

UPDATE: After a 5-second discussion with my brother, it became clear that a good reason to teach handwriting is that not every place has power, for one, and also the fact that power sometimes goes out, in addition to the fact that batteries wear out at often in-opportune times. So, uh, it’ll be a while before this is a reasonable proposal.

Sometimes we get so caught up in our own little worlds that we simply take too much for granted (in this case, electricity and computers). It is in this way that bad ideas are able to parade as good ones.

Interesting food for thought, at any rate.