July 30, 2023

A Eulogy to Once Mighty Typewriter, It’s So Sad, Please Don’t Read

Mrs. Fax, Mr. Beeper, Uncle Calculator, Granny Abacus, friends, ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to remember and celebrate the life of the venerable typewriter.

For over a century, the click-clacking of once mighty typewriter keys was the heartbeat of offices around the world. From the earliest models to the sleek selectrics, typewriters recorded our lives one letter at a time.

But alas, the inevitable march of technological progress could not be stopped. The advent of personal computers in the 1980s proved to be the beginning of the end for our dear friend. Newfangled word processors and printers soon dominated the workplace, displacing typewriters and the many fingers that once danced upon their keys. It was a revolution that boosted productivity but left many loyal typewriter users behind.

And now, in the era of cloud computing and AI, we bid a final farewell to the trusty typewriter that imprinted so many of humanity’s words and ideas onto paper. Its mechanical clatter is now but a fading echo in the silent halls of obsolete technologies.

As we say goodbye, let us reflect: Could the computers and AI that displaced the typewriter soon meet the same fate?

Will there come a day when more advanced technologies make our current digital tools obsolete?

Perhaps the cycle of disruption will continue, and new innovations will again revolutionize how we work and communicate. For now we do not know what the future holds. We can only embrace progress while paying respects to the technologies of yesteryear.

Rest in peace, beloved typewriter. Your imprint on human history will not be forgotten.

Rev. Claude II