Digital has become the main way for people to connect
and find out information. In “Why Digital is Better than Print,” Dan Blank
explains why digital is taking over and how it is beneficial people today.
Blank understands today’s society and represents why people choose technology
over print. Choosing digital over print is the best way to get information
today.
“Just
Google it,” is a common term that people use so often today. People reach for
their phones to learn and find information on the spot. Without smartphones
people would have so many unanswered questions. As Blank
explains, “our lives have become more focused on information and media in the
past few decades, the web has been an amazing tool to integrate the many data
streams,” people have become used to the idea of having knowledge on the go,
the ability to be able to look up whatever they want, and post and blog
whenever they want.
Technology
takes up less space. We have more room in our backpacks and hands than we used
to. No more folding up a newspaper and sticking in between an arm to save room
while walking from destination to destination day. “When you are crowded onto
a train next to thousands of other people, the tactile aspect of newspapers
actually becomes a hindrance” (Blank). People used to have to weave their way
through packed public transportations trying not to disturb the commuters
reading their newspapers and magazines. Now people are able to move about more
freely without the fear of bumping into someone.
In this new digital era, the idea of
being ecofriendly has taken over. Just like people using reusable water bottles
more people are switching to digital forms of technology in order to save the
trees. There is less impact on the environment when people use their technology
for their go to newspaper. Blank
explains, “the inherent waste is not as evident, as millions of copies of a
single piece of content can be replicated and spread across the world in
moments” (Blank).
As
any book obsessed person would know, the worst feeling in the world is leaving
a book at home, while on a long commute. With the digital media today,
forgetting a book is irrelevant. Book readers whip out their e-readers, tablets
or phones and they can find a book in to seconds on the internet and entertain themselves
that way. The idea of reading on a tablet was once not ideal; however, people
are becoming more interested in the idea of having all your books in one tiny
spot.
People have become so reliant on technology. Technology
has created an easier way of life for everyone. It has created the constant ability
of having something to do at all times. People can check their social media,
answer calls, use their email, check the weather, and even catch up on the
latest news. In today’s society, people would be lost without their digital
world.
Work Cited:
Blank, Dan. “Why Digital
Is Better Than Print.” I Feel Fine: How I
Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Web. danblank.com. n. p. 5 August
2000. web. [ October 29, 2014]
