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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Again I am not convinced. All of those devices are great.. but unless it is one device, it is not going to replace paper. Why not? Simple, for them to effectively replace paper the device has to be always with you. I can see having a smart phone or a small tablet with you all the time, but not all the devices you would need to to replace paper.
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Neither am I convinced. What... you do all the things you mentioned on one sheet of paper? Or who carries around big tablets, small tablets, organizers, post-it notes, napkins and TP all at once? No... you use multiple types of paper for different things, grabbing them as you need them. You can as easily carry around 1 or 2 devices to do the lion's share of your work, and maybe grab a third when needed on occasion. I don't expect people to do everything on a smartphone (something I
always have with me), but to be smart about using other devices when needed.
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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
In some respects, the napkin in the diner has advantages over the white board.
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The white board is a bit larger. And that's all I'll say comparing white boards to napkins!
You could try working
at work...
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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Of course, paper is usually made from farmed trees and can be recycled. I also get more junk mail in a day than I use productively in most weeks. So I doubt this is the killer for paper.
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"Farmed trees" used for paper are not sustainable, in that filling a farm with one crop ultimately damages the local environment. It takes decades to centuries to grow an adult tree after one is felled. It is incredibly environmentally damaging to process a tree into paper, with copious water use, the chemicals and bleaches used to produce the paper and subsequently dumped into the local watershed, and the carbon burned to drive that paper to your local store. Paper can only be recycled 2-3 times, before it is useless pulp (which is generally dumped in oceans or landfills at that point).
And yes, junk mail needs to be stopped, too. Check out some of the services that will stop junk mail from being delivered to you... do your part!
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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
I just think that for some things, paper has big advantages.
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For some things, yes. Not for most of the things we daily apply it to. And not for any business-related uses at all, as far as I'm concerned. We can do better. Now that we have the means, we
should do better.
As to doing new things: You get used to... what you
want to get used to.