One could argue that the invention of matches has seen the decline in our ability to start a fire by rubbing two stick together... but personally everytime I am planning on an pyromaniacal spree I am glad I don't have to resort to the "good old ways" to kick things off (it really eats into one's burning time).
Seriously though, technology always comes at a price. Making design tools more accesible to the broader public increases the number of people out there "designing" but like anything, quantity rarely produces quality.
'Necessity' as the mother of all things has long lost out to it's father, 'Laziness' (and us humans do generally love to take the easy path).
Why manually layout and kern type when most applications do an adequate job for you?
Why spend years learning how to draw when you can whack something together in PhotoShop in minutes and then use the charcoal filter over it to make it look "authentic"?
Why go play frisbee outside when you can be 007 on your PC indoors?
On the plus side, perhaps this will clarify that long confused line between artist and designer?
Futurama was canned pre-maturely, so was Firefly and Angel and aside from two versions of Stargate and the pending delivery of Battlestar Galactica, TV is filled with reality TV.
Enterprise is a welcome, if possibly a little too cave-laden and predictable, relief from the relentless string of real-people in "real" situations & Law/Police/Hospital drama type programming clogging up our sets day and night.
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Like anything there are pros and cons.
One could argue that the invention of matches has seen the decline in our ability to start a fire by rubbing two stick together... but personally everytime I am planning on an pyromaniacal spree I am glad I don't have to resort to the "good old ways" to kick things off (it really eats into one's burning time).
Seriously though, technology always comes at a price. Making design tools more accesible to the broader public increases the number of people out there "designing" but like anything, quantity rarely produces quality.
'Necessity' as the mother of all things has long lost out to it's father, 'Laziness' (and us humans do generally love to take the easy path).
Why manually layout and kern type when most applications do an adequate job for you?
Why spend years learning how to draw when you can whack something together in PhotoShop in minutes and then use the charcoal filter over it to make it look "authentic"?
Why go play frisbee outside when you can be 007 on your PC indoors?
On the plus side, perhaps this will clarify that long confused line between artist and designer?
It's a resounding... Yes! No! Maybe? It won't happen. This same old argument? Shut-up! You're dumb!! Nuh-uh you are :P
Futurama was canned pre-maturely, so was Firefly and Angel and aside from two versions of Stargate and the pending delivery of Battlestar Galactica, TV is filled with reality TV.
Enterprise is a welcome, if possibly a little too cave-laden and predictable, relief from the relentless string of real-people in "real" situations & Law/Police/Hospital drama type programming clogging up our sets day and night.
If we kill Star Trek - what hope is there?
PS - Fox: Resurrect Futurama you bastards!