Baron I

     A Better Pencil attacks a problem that seems to happen every generation. That is the introduction of the next generations technology into the older generation. This problem is discussed all the time. When older people chastise younger people regarding there dependance on technology seems to be the most prevalent.

     This cycle of technological change always happens and eventually the technology becomes a widely accepted part of culture. It is true about nearly every change in the way we as people produce and consume writing. Each step was wondered about by the previous generation, writing to the printing press, printing press to the computer. Does it cause a loss in the meaning of the writing? Do works become a novelty due to the availability there is today. What will come next?

     All of these questions are valid to a point. At the end of the day adjusting to change is the hard part, not worrying about what will happen to the writing. Some people don't like using electronics, some prefer to get the news from the local physical paper, some use electronics exclusively. The important thing to remember here is that regardless of the method of delivery of the writing, the writing is still fundamentally the same. Writing may lose some of its majesty when it becomes so wide spread that it can sometimes be looked at as an annoyance, but at its core it hasn't change.

    These are just my thoughts on the issue of the evolution of our pencils. What do you think is the next step in writing? Where will things go? Do you even care? Me personally I think that as this generation is so heavily dependent on technology and some of the technologies we depend on change monthly in some cases, I expect a decline in the fear of technology as time goes on. In other words as the older generation is on its way out I think the new older generation will succumb less to tech shock.