Reading: Lister p. 17 summary

In the same way that book publishing has developed, digital media allows for photographic content to be stored solely in computer memory. This in turn allows the manipulation of the content to be free and fast, in comparison to the laborious chemistry manipulation of the physical realm. Editing that may have taken weeks now takes but a few minutes. You no longer need an expert either - in fact, the younger generation understand alot of technology's capabilities better than our generation. We are growing into an age where most jobs are effortless. It is debateable whether or not this is a good thing, however.