Fewer and fewer people today write by hand using a pen or pencil. What are the reasons for this? Is this a positive or a negative development?

In

the

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modern society,

people

seem to have

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the usage of handwritten instruments

such

as pencils or pens. In

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essay, I will explain the main causes

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this

phenomenon,

as well as

its positive development

overall

.

Due to

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technology in

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new era, electronic gadgets

such

as computers or

cellphones

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force

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society

into

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relaying more

in

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keyboards than handwritten

letters

or papers.

For example

,

people

in the past used to write and send

letters

,

otherwise

their message could not

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through to the

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destiny

, since they did not have any other kinds of resources available.

However

, since the invention of computers and cellphones, handwritten

letters

were

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radically

radical

displaced by emails.

In addition

to technological advancement,

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factor of

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practicality

plays a key role.

People

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live in

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environments,

hence

, to write manually could certainly mean a waste of time, energy and resources (pen, paper). A recent study conducted by VOX showed that at least one in ten workers preferred to take notes in writing applications or

wordsheets

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worksheets

word sheets

,

due to

its simplicity and

effectivness

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effectiveness

for retaining the information.

This

is not an isolated phenomenon from workplaces

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but for schools and universities as well. The study showed that almost all of the students took notes on their

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electronic

devices, and left out the practice of writing manually in their notebooks

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since the students saved a considerable amount of time and money. From my perspective, the

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of writing constitutes an event bound to eventually happen, and

this

change creates a positive impact not only

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for us

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but for the environment itself. We can now exchange information more swiftly, and at the same time,

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and

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the idea of caring for the environment, since taking notes virtually did not involve the idea of wasting paper and other resources that come from deforestation or

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explotation

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exploitation

of natural fonts.

To conclude

,

while

people

have left behind

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handwritten

handwriting

letters

or forms of communication, the technological revolution has

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implemented

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innovative and environmentally

concious

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conscious

way to

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and simplify the way society communicates today.