The tech industry will continue to promise steak and deliver hot dogs.

If you want to experience the height of paper as a technology, pick up some Tomoe River paper (https://bungu.store/products/tomoe-river-notebook-sakae-tech...) or a Hobonichi Techo and some nice Japanese gel pens, or fountain pens, even a cheap pilot Kakuno fountain pen will do, and you will understand why paper will never die.

Excellent, thanks for the paper suggestion, I’ve been needing another unnecessary luxury expense in my life!

Ior scrap paper and a half-sharpened yellow pencil, on a piece of scrap plywood sitting across saw horses.