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Man will not forget the art of writing

1 November 2009

Sir,
I have read with great interest Santosh Chowdhury’s article “Calligraphy wanes: a big loss to hamanity” from October 10 issue of Bhutan Observer. Indeed I do agree with your views, that writing is a beneficial way of communication and expression that has marked our human history for long.
In particular, digital technologies are indeed changing the way we communicate and are marking a trend, although recent scientific research has demonstrated that habitual “offline” methods shall not be destroyed because of “online” technologies. Instead there will be an evolution, which is normal in humanity: there will be an “offline world”, an “online world” as well a mixed “offline-online situation”.
Just to mention one of the benefits of the “online world” for humanity, at least for citizens like me who live in the west, if we consume more online hours, our minds will keep busy and will not be so focused on purchasing tangible products, which is part of the causes for the deplenishment of the world’s resources. Bhutan is a world reference in terms of preserving natural resources, we have taken good note of that, and I do hope technology will contribute to helping to preserve the resources of the rest of the countries.
As well as CDs took over vinyl records, and MP3 players took over CD’s, emailing will reduce hand written letters, but after some time, every medium will find its place. I could have replied to you in hand writing, but then again, this letter would not be distributed to as many readers. As things change, we man can also adapt, change and learn new things, which will not necessarily remove the traditional.
I agree with your concern, but things do evolve in humanity and also find their place. Man will not forget the art of writing letters, but now he just has another medium for doing so. By Antonio Hyder Research Scholar Spain

Sir,

I have read with great interest Santosh Chowdhury’s article “Calligraphy wanes: a big loss to hamanity” from October 10 issue of Bhutan Observer. Indeed I do agree with your views, that writing is a beneficial way of communication and expression that has marked our human history for long.

In particular, digital technologies are indeed changing the way we communicate and are marking a trend, although recent scientific research has demonstrated that habitual “offline” methods shall not be destroyed because of “online” technologies. Instead there will be an evolution, which is normal in humanity: there will be an “offline world”, an “online world” as well a mixed “offline-online situation”.

Just to mention one of the benefits of the “online world” for humanity, at least for citizens like me who live in the west, if we consume more online hours, our minds will keep busy and will not be so focused on purchasing tangible products, which is part of the causes for the deplenishment of the world’s resources. Bhutan is a world reference in terms of preserving natural resources, we have taken good note of that, and I do hope technology will contribute to helping to preserve the resources of the rest of the countries.

As well as CDs took over vinyl records, and MP3 players took over CD’s, emailing will reduce hand written letters, but after some time, every medium will find its place. I could have replied to you in hand writing, but then again, this letter would not be distributed to as many readers. As things change, we man can also adapt, change and learn new things, which will not necessarily remove the traditional.

I agree with your concern, but things do evolve in humanity and also find their place. Man will not forget the art of writing letters, but now he just has another medium for doing so.

By Antonio Hyder
Research Scholar Spain

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