The desktop analogy is actually a weakness. With a real life desktop, you can't have 10 different workspaces that you're capable of instantly switching between,

The desktop analogy is actually a weakness. With a real life desktop, you can't have 10 different workspaces that you're capable of instantly switching between, so you have to have all of your papers overlapping. This leads to an inefficient workflow when you try to switch between them. With a computer desktop, you can have as many workspaces as you need, which paves the way for a tiling window manager to increase your efficiency.