Paper works without electricity and can be transferred from one person to another freely. Once said paper is in one’s possession, gatekeeping the information at a later point in time becomes impossible. Websites go down, networks go down, repos go down. Paper stays.
Paper works without electricity and can be transferred from one person to another freely. Once said paper is in one’s possession, gatekeeping the information at a later point in time becomes impossible. Websites go down, networks go down, repos go down. Paper stays.
It’s almost impossoble to keep digital documentation up-to-date, let alone paper documentation.
The point of paper documentation isn’t to keep it up to date, but to be a snapshot of the time.