[sethetter]

> The article does not explain what the value of pen and paper has over a digital note pad. It just declares it has one.

The advantage is being clear from potential distractions. A lack of "features" providing a direct line of focus on what you're writing.

Apologies if that wasn't clear from the article!

[Daub]

Nice article. Thanks. It is certainly something that a lot of us here are naturally interested in. But With respect, I don't think that your observations constitute a mechanism. Digital Apps that are deliberately feature-restricted do not hold the same attraction. I believe that there must be some further mechanism at play.

Perhaps as animals were are primed for the tactile, and everything else feels ghostly. I don't know. All I know is that no expand I can come to will convince my young students of the value of analogue.

[rikroots]

My preferred answer would be: no batteries required.