Of course, digital content is at an ever increasing rate, and somewhere down the line, the balance between digital content and hard copy/printed material will equilibriate.

Both Digital content and Printed Content complement each other. For example, digital pictures – a person may have 200 to 300 photos on a media card, but decide to print 30 to 40 photos, whether at a photo lab or at home using photo media paper. For classrooms – laptops, internet, email are the norm, but handouts, textbooks, and other printed materials are still utilized, and will last for generations to come.

Many large corporations predicted a paperless society by year 2000, but we are no where near that. Paper consumption is still at an all time high, although the rate of growth has tapered off. Although possibly at its peak, the rate of decline will be a slow process, over many generations to come, before Printed content can even be considered a relic.