Clive Thompson on Nostr: For a long while, it seemed like the "paperless office" would never arrive Throughout ...
For a long while, it seemed like the "paperless office" would never arrive
Throughout the 80s and 90s, as companies adopted computers, the amount of office paper *exploded*
Why? Because people were communicating more and more -- but wanted paper copies of those reports, emails, memos
Paper was superior to screens in nearly every way
But!
That may finally have changed
My essay: https://medium.com/@clivethompson/the-paperless-office-is-finally-arriving-92ce060e6070
A "friend" link in case you don't subscribe to Medium: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-paperless-office-is-finally-arriving-92ce060e6070?sk=5530b921b8aaa01ae899a0a01f6f0c87
Throughout the 80s and 90s, as companies adopted computers, the amount of office paper *exploded*
Why? Because people were communicating more and more -- but wanted paper copies of those reports, emails, memos
Paper was superior to screens in nearly every way
But!
That may finally have changed
My essay: https://medium.com/@clivethompson/the-paperless-office-is-finally-arriving-92ce060e6070
A "friend" link in case you don't subscribe to Medium: https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-paperless-office-is-finally-arriving-92ce060e6070?sk=5530b921b8aaa01ae899a0a01f6f0c87