The expressivity of pencil and paper are so much better than data input on a computer. It's great for creative thinking. Between humans, it's so much faster t

The expressivity of pencil and paper are so much better than data input on a computer. It's great for creative thinking. Between humans, it's so much faster than anything that is intermediated by screens. The main benefit is getting things generally straight in your head before committing to data entry into a tool or coding. It's a false saving to spend days / weeks at a computer to save a few hours of design time.