[LINK] The persistence of paper

[Chirgwin, Richard]

>From the New Yorker (via /.)
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/?020325crbo_books

[snip]
>Paper has persisted, they argue, for very good reasons: when it comes to
performing certain kinds of 
>cognitive tasks, paper has many advantages over computers. The dismay
people feel at the sight of 
>a messy desk-or the spectacle of air-traffic controllers tracking flights
through notes scribbled 
>on paper strips-arises from a fundamental confusion about the role that
paper plays in our lives.
[snip]

Richard Chirgwin