I think that, if everything goes on in the current direction, in about 20-30 years, handwriting will become more of a hobby. Unfortunately, looking at something else than a screen will also become something a bit strange, if it's not already. Just think about some screens statistics...and it will all get really frightening!

I don't know how are things looking in other parts of the world, but I am sure most people in Asia, especially in Japan and South Korea, spend a really scary amount of time facing some screen, no matter if the device having the screen it's called TV, LCD monitor, or mobile phone.

If we move to America, we even have a recent news report, coming from AFP. The study they mentioned found that adult Americans spend an average of over 8 hours/day facing some TV, monitor, or other device having a screen! Considering that this is an average, I don't even want to think about the extremes...

Unfortunately, the study didn't include anyone below 18, but it's interesting to mention that it also found out "that people aged 45 to 54 averaged the most daily screen time at just over nine-and-a-half hours."

Below you have some of the highlights of this study:

"- computer video consumption tends to be quite small with an average time of just over two minutes a day.

- Adults spend an average of 6.5 minutes a day with videogame consoles with the number rising to 26 minutes a day among those aged 18-24

- Adults spend an average 142 minutes a day in front of computer screens

- Adults spend an average 20 minutes a day engaged with mobile devices with the highest usage -- 43 minutes a day - among the 18-24 age group"

I think a study about watching the sunrise, the full moon in the sky, and maybe even about the use of handwriting would be a really interesting one, although I don't think anyone would be interested into doing it...