This is what our world is heading for. With the incredible leaps and bounds that technology is taking, and at the ever increasing speed that it is taking them, soon such banal objects as paper will become obsolete.
FACTS:
- 24 of the 25 largest newspapers have experienced record declines in circulation in the past few years
- this past Christmas, more digital books were sold on Amazon.com than normal paper books
We no longer need paper to publish articles or books, as they are now available in digitalversions on either the internet (newspaper’s web articles) or for purchase from estores. Although a huge portion of the world is captivated by advancing technology and the innovations it is continuously affording us, not many of these people consider the fallout of this shift from paper to digital. This fundamental change in the way our society operates will have effects on, among other things:
- the forestry/logging industry
- any processing or shipping companies involved with the logging industry
- the newspaper industry
- the book publishing industry/authors
- the magazine industry
- large office supply stores
As technology charges onwards, society, and in particular the specific businesses that will be affected by this progress, need to seriously assess what the future will look like. Companies must begin making provisions now in order to be able to survive the oncoming digital storm.