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pseydtonne · 3664 days ago · link · · parent · post: Typewriter: A Mac Text Editor that Doesn't Let You Delete Stuff
You're also assuming that the person writing by hand had a disposable pen and pre-lined, bound paper. Imagine you had to make ink, get a quill, and make paper. Imagine how much paper costs when you have to make it from rags. Turning a tree into a porridge takes a lot of industrial equipment, then bleaching it takes chemicals.