technology is there to make things easier
Not necessarily. I get the impression too many laymen are fascinated by it and will use (recent, electronic) technology for the sake of technology whether or not there is a more appropriate solution.
To follow the example at hand, a paper map has got a number of advantages on and off the cockpit, amongst the most important for me are the lack of maintenance and the amount of context it gives you thanks to its size (or you could always carry a nuclear powered, A-1 sized, foldable GPS I suppose
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