I LOVE physical notebooks, paper, and ink. Physical notebooks do not crash, they do not lock up, they do not have DRM on them, they are not impacted by "updates

I LOVE physical notebooks, paper, and ink. Physical notebooks do not crash, they do not lock up, they do not have DRM on them, they are not impacted by "updates" to pens or inks. Sure they can be difficult to "backup" and can be lost, but these are small cons against the much larger pros. From math, to science, to world building, and even to learning a notebook can be your best friend. A quote that has always stuck with me about notebooks has been from Robert M. Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance": > “For this you keep a lab notebook. Everything gets written down, formally, so that you know at all times where you are, where you’ve been, where you’re going and where you want to get. In scientific work and electronics technology this is necessary because otherwise the problems get so complex you get lost in them and confused and forget what you know and what you don’t know and have to give up.”