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...Immortal Copier...
...often I find myself standing over the immortal copier [March 1] and wondering why I am copying some immaterial material that no one will look at, and that will just give me something more to file. But I would hate to see the day when someone pulls the plug and we're left to carbons and those fun mimeographs that I grew up on in grade school...
...have been trying to limit the use of the copier in my office. I decided that if I posted your article over the copier, perhaps it would have a positive effect. The only trouble was, in order not to cut up my copy of TIME, I had to make a copy of the Essay...
Xerox machines have probably become too ubiquitous for Americans to kick the habit entirely, but there are some measures that could discourage excess. Copier manufacturers could end their current race to build ever faster and more convenient machines, which only encourage overuse. Heavy institutional users of copiers could also replace their hares with tortoises; slower machines are generally cheaper to operate any way. To conserve paper - and trees - manufacturers could provide more recycled paper for their machines. And, of course, a little personal self-control would help; copying a marginally impor tant document does not diminish its superfluity...
...copier may have its faults, but the machine is, after all, a relatively recent invention. Once some of the novelty wears off, Xerox users will probably learn to be a little more dis criminating about what they copy. And despite the machine's debilitating effects on letter-writing, the great god Xeros has kept his part of the bargain: the copy ing machine does make it easier for in formation to be spread. Certainly any thing that greases the path of knowledge is a net gain for society. Besides, with more than 2 million machines...