The mindset needs to change. The thought process should not be "let's replace paper with laptops or e-readers or iPads so workers can use e-paper". Paper as a concept needs to die. Not replaced with technology, but literally made extinct.

Paper is just a medium for information to exist. The medium doesn't need to be replaced. It should be bypassed. I think it's a habitual crutch workers have, to print information out, for it to be tangible.

I agree that although horribly inefficient, paper is cheap (even with printing expenses), and thus attractive compared to buying everyone an iPad. That's unfortunate because I believe it handicaps workers by acting as an unnecessary bottleneck when it should be completely removed from the information workflow wherever possible.