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9th November, 2003 - Two Steps Forward?

I received a delivery at work today - the man handed me a portable screen with a stylus to record my signature. No muss, no fuss and he was off. We have entered the age of paperless technology, but I don't necessarily equate that with progress. At the dawn of civilization, Man scratched the surface of moist clay tablets with a stick or tools fashioned out of bone. Early Egyptians used reed brushes dipped in ink to write on papyrus scrolls. It took eons, centuries for primitive writing tools to evolve, first into the quill and then the humble pen. Enter the 21st century. We are at the pinnacle of technological revolution. We fork out big money for the convenience of having a palm pilot and a handy stylus. After thousands and thousands of years of painstakingly perfecting our writing tools, we have gone back to the tablet and the stick. Some things never change.


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