A New Era in Technology, but Is Moving to Paperless a Good Thing?
We have moved to a world that has almost to some degree gone paperless! If you look at Virtual assistants such Google, Siri, and Cortana. People have made these a part of their everyday lives such as using voice to text, voice to search google, getting directions to a specific location, asking your virtual assistant such as Siri to give you a phone number or what you were suppose to get at the store after work. Everyday we are use Virtual assistance more and more. People are learning new ways to use these Virtual Assistant tools at work as well. As the American working class, we can all agree that we can NEVER finish the work that is supposed to be done in a day.
When we leave the office at the end of the day, we hope that we do not have leftover emails to respond to, but what if you had someone to do it for you, like a virtual assistant? Many businesses have moved into hiring one person for example "only responding to emails". Again this cuts overhead cost! Looking back at all the paper we have wasted over the years and coming this far with technology so we do not have to use as much paper is astonishing!
We have established that technology is taking off vigorously, but is this a good thing? Yes we may say it is for most things such working, our businesses purposes but what about our younger generations, or even the fact that "2 Billion Jobs to disappear by 2030" Says Futurists Thomas Frey, Author of "Communicating with the Future". His article is very interesting 2 Billion Jobs To Disappear by 2030
Lets take a look at this YouTube video of the 1 year old child. She is give a tablet and immediately discovers how to use it and that all she has to do is move her finger across the screen to open up a new page or link. She is then given a REAL paper magazine. Watch watch what happens.
The child thinks either her finger is broke or the magazine is broke? What are your thoughts on this? A one year thinking that she can push the page and it work just like a tablet? Should their be an age limit at which children should not be allowed to use technology devices as such? Do you think this interferes with their learning ability and motor skills? Everyone has a different opinion and I would love to hear them!
When looking at Pros and Cons of going paperless. The younger generations now have more of a willingness to read and interact on a computer screen rather then on paper. They are also less resistant to be glued to a computer screen when reading and writing documents. I believe this could be a positive outlook on our younger generations and the fact that they are willing to learn more with the help of technology. Money and space saving as well. There is no need to buy an abundance of paper, storage compartments, toners, cartridges. We can store everything n a hard drive! Some Cons of course the sender and receiver would more then likely need to have access to the same software. Confidentiality is a big one, worries of others being able to see information by hacking. Expenses that we would incur of course for updates, anti-viruses and more.
In the end we see the environmental friendly aspects of going paperless, but the sticky part is balancing the pros and cons which still concerns many individuals.
