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“A piece of paper can burn and you can still kind of get something from it. With a hard drive or a URL, when it’s gone, there is just zero recourse.”
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“It’s resilient, it’s resourceful, it’s portable, it’s foldable, it’s strong if you want it to be strong.”
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“I’m reminded of what we lose in this age of email, texting, and connecting through social media: The handwritten. The mailed by post. The jotted thoughts. The thank-you notes…”
Yes, paper is a wonderful technology. (See also: my “paper” file.)