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Maybe not the most important problem, but I've been thinking about the massive amount of paperwork that everyone is flooded with through life, at least in the U
by agingllama 4y ago
Maybe not the most important problem, but I've been thinking about the massive amount of paperwork that everyone is flooded with through life, at least in the US.
A few of my family members have had health issues since birth and the amount of paperwork my family has been constantly filling out for decades is extremely overwhelming. And this is all extra paperwork added to the normal amount coming from work, the bank, college, car insurance, etc. Even simple forms such as renewing your drivers license add up when there are tens or hundreds of other similar forms every year.
One seemingly low hanging fruit is the time waste of copying the same information over and over when filling out these forms. In 2023, you would think that this part would have been solved by now, but I don't know of any tools with this functionality. I wonder if the complexity of PDF files is one reason that no tools currently exist to solve this problem.
This is mostly a rant because I still cannot figure out any good solutions to this, nor am I actively working on it aside from thinking the problems through in my free time. New technology might be able to solve the problem of copying similar info between forms, but I wonder if it can only be solved at the government level. And I have no idea how to go about solving that because its not like all paperwork is bad; I can understand the need for it in most cases. I just feel like the action of filling out forms should not be such a overwhelmingly large stressor in modern life.
I would love to hear other people's opinions on this. I feel like if there could be any solution that allows average people to spend less time filling out and worrying about paperwork would be a massive benefit on our mental health.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoReducing paperwork reqs in general would be a good first step. An encrypted smart card with personal records on it, with some kind of auth/auth system and selective-release menu is my second thought. Enforcing requestor security by law is another necessary aspect, though adjacent in scope.