The gold of the future: Paper!

Nowadays, people underestimate its value because they are get use to have it everywhere, but paper can be considered as one of the most important human inventions of all times. Paper is much more important in Universal History than we may think. Actually, paper was essential in developing the history of human interactions. When the first kind of paper known was invented by the ancient Egyptians, a “papyrus” to write about their culture and religious ceremonies, they could not imagine the impact that their creation was going to bring. The first paper was made using strips from the papyrus reeds. Then, Chinese people improved that version, creating sheets similar to what we know today. With the press invention, paper took a crucial role. Now, it was necessary to keep on it the most important facts of history of all the countries around the world. Paper made the connection between people and their past, present, and future ideals. Also, it became fundamental because on it are contained the most important books in the Universal History, such as the Bible, Shakespeare’s books, or the tales of the Arabian Nights. Today, paper is in all the places to keep a tangible record of our lives. We can find it in our birth certificate, baptism papers, high school diplomas, pictures, diaries, etc. However, paper has been threatened by new technologies, as the internet and the online version of the newspapers that we used to read in paper. Also, the global warming and deforestation problems make difficult to produce it, so we can say that, in a few years, paper will be considered as gold: something precious that not everybody will have the opportunity to acquire because of its high value.