The paper robot is a representative model of the current movement from paper to digital technology. With the robot being made of paper, it shows that we are currently in the moment of switching over. Switching over would save trees where paper is made up of, easily exchange and reuse information, and stop paper from simply becoming trash after it is no longer needed. At the same time, however, there are many reasons to continue using paper: digital technology consumes much energy and power, staring at screens becomes horrible for the eyes, it is costly to simply keep the information available, millions of servers worldwide are powered to store information, etc.
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- Post by Kevin Hu