> in my view has no place in modern society outside of art.

For a lot of use cases I agree, but no place is to ... abrupt in my opinion. Computers for sure have a multiplier affect in many cases. But when you really want to think something trough it's advised to slow down. For those cases paper and pen is the perfect medium.

And I have a personal preference when making notes with pen and paper about hikes and climbs I'm working on/doing. But that's just me