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Tom Hanks is using a vintage typewriter and you should, too
\"The tactile pleasure of typing old school is incomparable to what you get from a de rigueur laptop,\" according to [Tom Hanks]. \"Everything you type on a typewriter sounds grand, the words forming in miniexplosions of SHOOK SHOOK SHOOK. A thank-you note resonates with the same heft as a literary masterpiece.\" (On a laptop, Hanks argues, the opening line of \"Moby Dick\" simply sounds like \"callmesihmael.\" The same line on a 1950s Olympia typewriter becomes \"CALL! ME! ISHMAEL!\") Both Hanks and [Richard Polt] admit that computers are far more efficient than typewriters. But Polt writes that efficiency may not be all that it's cracked up to be. \"All our efficient devices have freed up a lot of time - supposedly,\" he writes. \"But we use up that free time doing more of the same ... We process so efficiently that we don't dwell upon thoughts and words anymore - we flit incoherently from one set of distractions to the next.\" Need proof? Take away cellphones from people, and see how long they last. \"It's not efficient to cook a meal from scratch,\" writes Polt. \"It's not efficient to ride a bike down a country path. It's not efficient to learn an instrument instead of downloading a song, or to sketch a landscape instead of pointing your smartphone at it.\"
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Tom Hanks uses a typewriter and you should, too
Since the arrival of the word processor and the personal computer, most typewriters have been consigned to closets, storage rooms or basements. Today, though, \"the typewriter has crawled back from its near-death experience, thanks to people who use and love this machine,\" types Richard Polt, author of \"The Typewriter Revolution: A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century\" (The Countryman Press). Polt is one of countless enthusiasts who are bringing about a typewriter renaissance. \"The tactile pleasure of typing old school is incomparable to what you get from a de rigueur laptop,\" according to [Tom Hanks]. \"Everything you type on a typewriter sounds grand, the words forming in miniexplosions of SHOOK SHOOK SHOOK. A thank-you note resonates with the same heft as a literary masterpiece.\" (On a laptop, Hanks argues, the opening line of Moby Dick simply sounds like \"callmesihmael.\" The same line on a 1950s Olympia typewriter becomes \"CALL! ME! ISHMAEL!\") \"It's not efficient to cook a meal from scratch,\" writes Polt. \"It's not efficient to ride a bike down a country path. It's not efficient to learn an instrument instead of downloading a song, or to sketch a landscape instead of pointing your smartphone at it.
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Tom Hanks uses a typewriter and you should, too
\"The tactile pleasure of typing old school is incomparable to what you get from a de rigueur laptop,\" according to [Tom Hanks]. \"Everything you type on a typewriter sounds grand, the words forming in miniexplosions of SHOOK SHOOK SHOOK. A thank-you note resonates with the same heft as a literary masterpiece.\" (On a laptop, Hanks argues, the opening line of \"Moby Dick\" simply sounds like \"callmesihmael.\" The same line on a 1950s Olympia typewriter becomes \"CALL! ME! ISHMAEL!\") Both Hanks and [Richard Polt] admit that computers are far more efficient than typewriters. But Polt writes that efficiency may not be all that it's cracked up to be. \"All our efficient devices have freed up a lot of time - supposedly,\" he writes. \"But we use up that free time doing more of the same ... We process so efficiently that we don't dwell upon thoughts and words anymore - we flit incoherently from one set of distractions to the next.\" Need proof? Take away cellphones from people, and see how long they last before they go into \"Candy Crush\" withdrawal.
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