Yes , if we let humankind be too depend too much on technology we will eventually handicap our selfs .
[QUOTE=kebab52;35220585]Emm, yeah. Its another one of these cases of "if it isn't broke don't fix it". Handwriting in school is something that's been there since, well, forever.
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This is not a point.
[QUOTE=kebab52;35220585]If someone has difficulty writing then fair enough, they should get assistance. But really, handwriting is an essential skill as the batteries don't last forever on tablets etc.[/QUOTE]
This is a point.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;35218925]Yes, it's needed, we've got a long way to go before everyone on this planet has access to computers or similar devices, and even than why would we give up hand writing? What benefits would we gain?[/QUOTE]
It's not really giving up hand writing, it's just that it will become obsolete as we progress. We used to have to send people out on horseback to communicate messages, now we can get a message to the other side of the world instantly through email. While we could still send messages on horseback, I don't think anyone is going to argue that using the latter method instead is being too dependent on technology. It's simply making use of a better way to do things.
[QUOTE=Satansick;35220647]Yes , if we let humankind be too depend too much on technology we will eventually handicap our selfs .[/QUOTE]
That makes no sense. Why should we hold back progress just for the sake of tradition and irrational fears of technology?
We used to have to write with ink and paper, now we have computers which can save a document, and put it up on cloud storage where it can be accessed at any time and from any place. We don't need to do it the old way anymore. The new technology is simply better and more efficient. I don't have to worry about my paper blowing out the window anymore because the technology has made it a non-issue for me to hop on any computer, access Google Docs, and get my document instantly.
I'm seeing a few valid reasons to bother with handwriting anymore (like mathematics), but I believe that there will be advancements there at some point too. I don't feel that battery life of tablets will be a huge concern in the future but that is my speculation.
Tradition just doesn't matter, it's useless. Efficiency matters
[QUOTE=DarkendSky;35214910]Why would you ever not want to learn to write? Your jacked-up hand sounds like a result of you not holding it right, or letting you stress out your muscles or whatever. And even though people use computers for a lot of things doesn't mean you'll [I]always[/I] have one nearby.[/QUOTE]
That's what they said about pens.
'You'll never have a hieroglyph maker around you ALL the time!'
'But papa!'
'Put the tablet down, and go work the fields.'
Handwriting is, and will most likely remain to be, important in society. Writing with pen and paper has no expiration date. In other words, a technological decay that could occur, for example, from the shifting of the poles would render your tablet and laptop as paperweights. However, you can still write.
Printing and cursive alike will most likely remain prominent. Cursive is more elegant in appearance, and therefore used in letters where you're trying to convey yourself as being elegant.
Many people would argue that a handwritten letter has much more meaning than a typed document. If you received all of the love letters you received - *COUGH* if you get any *COUGH* - as typed documents, the same effect wouldn't be there. The term 'typed document' is nearly synonymous with 'business document' in many people's minds.
So no, handwriting will not see any demise. I'd probably much sooner bet on the demise of computers as a way of writing than I would with handwriting. However, handwriting has the potential to regress. When handwriting became known to the world, you had to be wealthy or noble to learn how to write. As the care for writing declines with some people, less and less will know how, and centuries in the future we may see the expense of learning how to write skyrocket.
[QUOTE=PolarEventide;35224563]a technological decay that could occur, for example, from the shifting of the poles would render your tablet and laptop as paperweights. However, you can still write.[/QUOTE]
[quote] Most reversals are estimated to take between 1,000 and 10,000 years. The latest one, the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal, occurred 780,000 years ago.[/quote]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal[/url]
Yeah, probably not something we need to worry about
I think everybody appreciates something in the mail. I know it means a whole lot to me to get a handwritten letter from somebody even if they aren't my best or closest friend.
I don't think you thought about this, OP. Most of the world doesn't have the capability to use computers and I notice that sometimes computers get in the way when something could be done even faster. Also, there are chances for errors such as electronic voting by a computer. It opens up to fraud. Also, class notes are faster as long as you aren't doing bullet style and bullets are visually unappealing. You can arrange notes in any way you want.
Also, what about cards? Christmas cards, birthday, etc. Electronic cards are a joke and woop-de-do Facebook birthday posts. The people that care the most about me always send me physical cards with a whole side of the card covered in tiny writing.
I honestly don't understand how you got permanent muscle damage from writing... sure, some days I have to write a rough draft for a speech and my hand starts to cramp up. Some days it is worse.
I don't see handwriting ever becoming obsolete. We'd probably kill ourselves off before we advance that far where the whole world could somehow do everything with computers.
While writing itself is completely necessary in today's world, I believe cursive being forced upon people is unnecessary, as it has ruined my handwriting and other's handwriting, not the mention the fact nobody I know even uses it anymore.
[QUOTE=a-cookie;35224940]While writing itself is completely necessary in today's world, I believe cursive being forced upon people is unnecessary, as it has ruined my handwriting and other's handwriting, not the mention the fact nobody I know even uses it anymore.[/QUOTE]
Cursive is nice for signatures and learning the cursive alphabet can help people forge signatures (Whether it is malicious or for a good cause)
I like cursive and it isn't such a bad thing to be forced to learn in school. If it wasn't for that there would be a whole lot more book reports from my teachers...
It is kind of like "Why did you learn German? Do you have any intent on going to Germany? No? Then why did you learn it? Know anybody who is German? No? Doing a international job? Oh, you want to be a car salesman your whole life? Okay"
basically, it's just something nice to know like learning a foreign language when you earn minimum wage and have no intent on travelling the world and at the same time being an introvert.
Notes and handwriting will always have a place in this world, because they are ten times more convenient to scribble down, until we have eye overlays and computers built into us that can do these things for us in an instant.
I do hate cursive writing though, we were forced to practice it when I was in first school, I went back to my messy non-joined handwriting as soon as we left. I like being able to just scribble something on a bit of paper in seconds and it be nearly unreadable to a lot of people but I can understand it fine since its just how I write.
I also think writing is an important skill for young people to learn...The process of learning it improves motor skills and precision.
[QUOTE=Noble;35216783]No I don't believe we really need it anymore. I think it will be entirely replaced by computers someday, even if we aren't around to see it. Computers are simply a superior way of doing things compared to old methods ranging from managing documents, databases, and communication. Signatures may be replaced with fingerprint ID or something similar. There just won't be a need for it anymore further off into the future.
We might think we need it now because we've grown up with it and are used to it, but one day I'm sure it will be considered entirely obsolete and unnecessary to teach how to write by hand.[/QUOTE]
i sincerely [b]hate[/b] this mentality
I think computers will be used for writing more (and become a lot more ubiquitous as tools for writing), but I think there will always be a need for handwriting.
When a doctor fills out a prescription that is specific to a patient, it's more convenient and efficient to jot it down quickly instead of printing it all out into a computer.
If you need a little reminder throughout your day, put it on a Post-it note, not a little notification on your phone.
Writing will always be needed in some way, but it will become less common.
[QUOTE=Big Blue;35225234]i sincerely [b]hate[/b] this mentality[/QUOTE]
What's wrong with it?
We still have to sign papers and in areas of lower income we can't afford for everyone to have a computer. Besides, I find it easier to write some things, such as math work, than to type it. I can certainly see something like this in the future but as for now? No.
Yes. Signatures keep things unique. If we didn't learn handwriting, font would all just be the same and it'd make things easier to copy. A signature is something you can't just copy.
I am going to say yes. Just because of its redundancy. There is no truth in saying that it is going to be not used. If our 'technology' breaks, all we have left is handwriting.
I like digital writing better because of its legibility and its easy to translate. I see that my generation (seniors - high school) has began the degrading of handwriting over the course of the years. My school is moving to digital assignments because of budget reasons. However, our handwriting looks like chicken scratch.
A pen or pencil and notepad or a sketching pad is a lot less likely to get stolen or taken.
A tablet or similar would be the first thing a person targets if someone is out drawing something
And pens and notepads are easier to carry around places.
Hand writing is definitely needed, as not everyone has a laptop or tablet available at every time of the day. In poorer people and countries, they might have never seen a piece of such technology.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;35225354]What's wrong with it?[/QUOTE]
it just seems to accept the future as some bleak, emotionless world where computers think for us. losing the skill of writing is just as sad as losing personal expression altogether. there is no beauty in technology, only in the humans that put it there. handwriting is an individual freedom, it's putting your actual voice and personality into words, something incredibly difficult to do with text in my opinion.
[QUOTE=Big Blue;35227435]it just seems to accept the future as some bleak, emotionless world where computers think for us. losing the skill of writing is just as sad as losing personal expression altogether. there is no beauty in technology, only in the humans that put it there. handwriting is an individual freedom, it's putting your actual voice and personality into words, something incredibly difficult to do with text in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
That's all entirely subjective. Some of us see technology as a great thing, and the fact that we have advanced to this level of efficiency is something to be proud of if you ask me. I also don't agree that handwriting has any sort of special value over typed up text. That's just a social construct we've created and naturally people are going to be afraid of change.
I really don't think there's anything to be afraid of, and I don't see advanced technology as being "emotionless" or "bleak". I also don't feel that hand writing becoming obsolete would lead to a world where computers think for us. It's just a more efficient way of doing things (for most purposes), that's all it is.
[QUOTE=Big Blue;35227435]it just seems to accept the future as some bleak, emotionless world where computers think for us. losing the skill of writing is just as sad as losing personal expression altogether. there is no beauty in technology, only in the humans that put it there. handwriting is an individual freedom, it's putting your actual voice and personality into words, something incredibly difficult to do with text in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
For years people have always said that technology is going to make the world a bleak emotionless place.
Despite the pace of technological development accelerating, the world is more culturally active than ever before. People listening to music genres that never existed in the 20th century or speaking in languages created last thursday.
Your view is what helps to slow human progress down, by being fearful of the future and the changes it brings.
Well i dont think so by writing is just as bad if not worse than your's i NEED to type
Handwriting has a charm about it. And while its possible to forge someone's handwriting, much more effort would have to be put into it opposed to forging a typed letter.
Typing just doesn't feel the same way as handwriting. E-mail,for example doesn't leave that personal imprint which real letter does.
I don't see why you're saying that cursive isn't needed. I can only write in cursive, we weren't taught how to "print" write.
I don't think you could abolish hand-writing all together. But it'd be good to have to use it less, due to the paper wastage and resources. But in the short-term at least until someone implements a system that is capable of being as good and secure as hand-writing (e.g. cheques and things could use Biometrics). Then it isn't practical to end hand-writing.
What the fuck do we have our hands for if not for great things like writing, some artistically precise work, and stuff? Masturbation? Lol
Handwriting isn't necessary nearly as much anymore.
Soon it will become more of an art form than a practical application.
I think handwriting should still be taught and should always be taught, but typing is definitely an easier way to do the same thing.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;35233972]What the fuck do we have our hands for if not for great things like writing, some artistically precise work, and stuff? Masturbation? Lol[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure that humans are not the only species who have evolved hands
"I can't write cursive so let's just abolish it all-together"
I don't see how you could take notes in say a math class or anything that requires lots of small specific symbols at a rate you achieve with cursive...
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