Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Death of the Typewriter Update
Last maker of manual typewriters writes final chapter - Chicago Breaking Business: "Turns out the Indian company was the last one known to be manufacturing manual typewriters. There still remain companies that make electric typewriters, and Eric Wagner of Wagner Office Machines in Chicago said the electric machines still get a good deal of use."
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I recently had to complete a 12-page assessment by hand because (a) the form was not on-line, and (b) no one--and I mean, no one--had a typewriter. How I regret donating my old electric Olympia to the Goodwill several years ago.
Actually, that piece is bunk. Brother and Royal, among others, still make typewriters.
Only around 15 pct of human beings earn between 10 and 20 dollars a day (not an hour) or more, and most barely have access to most basic needs. In which case, not only typewriters but newspapers and many other basic technologies will still be around.
And when global oil production starts dropping....
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