Digital information is different

This is beautifully done, and hits a few nails on the head:

Merlin has a few worthwhile comments on the strengths of paper. Also missing, from my point of view, is the fact that a lot of what we do with computers now (pretty much everything that's off the web, for a start) needlessly recreates the limitations of paper and adds a few new problems for good measure. Now where did I put that file ...