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thibaulthalpern · 03-17-2009, 04:11 AM

Yet, we cannot deny that the pen and handwriting is still with us since 1490.

Sonist, if you think 50 years from now we'll think of you as the "papyrus guy" think again.

519 years later (from 1490), handwriting is still with us and so is a form of parchment which we call paper. And let's not forget that Chinese have been using paper much earlier than that and the brush is still used for calligraphy. It's not extinct. It's part of our modern world.

This is not to say that things will never change. Change has indeed occurred but not to the extent of the extinction of manual/physical/no-digital forms of print communication.

I also don't think Elfwreck is saying paper is disappearing or that s/he wishes it to disappear. The last paragraph says s/he doesn't see paper being entirely replaced.

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thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	Yet, we cannot deny that the pen and handwriting is still with us since 1490. Sonist, if you think 50 years from now we'll think of you as the "papyrus guy" think again. 519 years later (from 1490), handwriting is still with us and so is a form of parchment which we call paper. And let's not forget that Chinese have been using paper much earlier than that and the brush is still used for calligraphy. It's not extinct. It's part of our modern world. This is not to say that things will never change. Change has indeed occurred but not to the extent of the extinction of manual/physical/no-digital forms of print communication. I also don't think Elfwreck is saying paper is disappearing or that s/he wishes it to disappear. The last paragraph says s/he doesn't see paper being entirely replaced. Last edited by thibaulthalpern; 03-17-2009 at 04:14 AM.