I'd rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I'll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
By all means, have you give great attention to your arithmetic, as its advantages are so many and important.
I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.
The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.
Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.
On the molecular scale, you find it's reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds.
Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.
I thought of computers as very low class. I thought of myself as a pure mathematician and was interested in partial differential equations and topology and things like that.
If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers!
I'm always crunching numbers, so my calculator watch is a must.
Calculation has its advantages, but no one likes naked calculation.