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On Fri, 5/2/14, Knapp <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] On the testing bandwagon...
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Friday, May 2, 2014, 12:49 PM

 On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:37
 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 wrote:

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 On Fri, 5/2/14, Knapp <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
 wrote:

  Subject: Re: [TML] On the testing bandwagon...

  To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com

  Date: Friday, May 2, 2014, 12:07 PM

  This sound to me much like the plas to make Pi equal to 3
 by

  legislative fiat.

  Rehards, Andy
  --

  More

  like changing from Pi to Tau or qwerty to Dvorak.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ofi_L6eAo

  --

  Douglas E Knapp

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 Funny how Dvorak never really caught on.

 I recall when it was so highly touted that 'qwerty'
 was seen as a soon-to-be forgotten relic.

 I
 type Dvorak and LOVE it but I don't expect it to ever
 take over. Anyone can use it on any computer without even
 having to pay. It makes typing feel like you have psychic
 powers. I would expect typing to die out within 20 years for
 most people as voice tech becomes much better. I am sure
 that some will continue with typing but only the pros of
 certain fields.

 --
 Douglas E Knapp

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Although I don't use it myself, I've observed just about every version of that 'Dragon' voice-to-print app & I've definitely noticed that it's vastly improved.
On a side note, I read an article a few years back that stated that schools are no longer teaching children to write in cursive!

Getting back to Trav, I remember reading a world write-up a long time ago (could've even been MT) where I encountered the term 'post-literate society'.
At the time I thought, "what the heck", but after cogitating for a while I figured that if there was universal access to various & insundry electronic devices, writing itself could actually become obsolete.
Right after that, while maintaining a commercial large-scale laser printer, I came upon instruction brochures w/ only a minimum amount of legally required printing (almost all were mandatory warnings).
All the actual instructions/directions were indicated by graphics, some of which were a bit of a challenge to decipher.
I couldn't help but think that things were progressing much faster than I had anticipated.
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