Hardcopy Or Softcopy, Which Is Better

Today's era is involving at a faster rate than expected in terms of industrialization and modernization leaving humanisation. But that's not what we will discuss today.

The way to read and write has evolved significantly. Earlier we used slate boards and chalks to write something than to erase the written thing we used cloth or duster, and then came the books. Taken from nature, especially from trees. Books and copies were very low cost earlier and they were bought in Kilograms earlier. Did you know this?

In fact, I still remember 10-15 years ago one of my uncles used to bring me copies to write in kilos and they were of good quality. Now one copy cost is 5 times more than what it was earlier.

Then after the revolution of smartphones and the internet, everyone shifted the way to read and write on devices like smartphones, tablets and laptops. The prime example of online classes is in front of you. As you grow up in your studies you are now using phones or laptops to read and write something. Did you notice this!

Those who are in college can understand it better as they mostly deal with PDFs nowadays. The use of books and copies is decreased by 50%. Everything is softcopy now even the Newspapers, money etc.

And so while doing a Crypto calculation today, I found how bad my writing has become, hah-a. As I pick pen very less now.

But no matter how much easy and convenient softcopy is, does the hardcopy holds a candle against it.

Let's see this clearly through some differences among them.

Hardcopy:-

• Can be stored for a long period if taken good care of, not to mention the smell of books. Ah, mmm lovely.

• While writing or reading in a hardcopy we enjoy doing both, I don't know why. Is it just me who finds it more interesting to read hardcopy books than PDF ones? Doesn't harms eyesight at all.

• A more reliable and trustworthy source of information as none can edit books easily. We all learnt about the truth and history through hardcopy mostly.

Softcopy:-

• Easy to use and ready. The privacy is more here as you can set passwords in your files.

• Will make you lazy and harm the eyesight to a great degree.

• Easy to transfer but easy to manipulate also. As anyone can edit and share someone's work and can give false information. And so the copyright policy isn't supportive for writers at all.

• Writing here is fast due to the advanced keyboard system.

Final Thoughts

I may have missed some points which you, my lovely ones are free to point out, please! No matter the ease of use and facilities goes to softcopy. But I still found writing and reading in hardcopy peaceful. The vibe there is different for me.

What about you?

Though I mostly use my phone to make posts but if I want to gain knowledge, I prefer to read a book.

Also one more thing in terms of energy consumption and pollution overall softcopies are more eco-friendly.

But storing them on the internet for a long time can cause more energy consumption as you have heard about emails, it's best to delete unnecessary emails. To reduce carbon emissions which are required for storing them by servers.

I think the era of books and hardcopies will never die. They are overall more health-friendly. In fact, we should focus on making children realise that it's better to read books from an early stage. This may improve their health a lot. As nowadays, I saw kids studying mostly through phones and damaging their eyesight. It's proven longer use of any digital screen is harmful to the eyes. So if you don't want your kids with glasses early. Please look into this a bit.

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