We subscribed to the local paper, mainly to support a cause that was raising money by selling subscriptions.

Thursday through Sunday we get the paper physically delivered to our house. And I get to experience the value first-hand.

The value of the printed paper is less than zero. I’d prefer they stop delivering it immediately.

I end up with newspaper all over the house, I feel bad about the wasted paper, and I have to make room in my already overflowing recycling bin.

This is not a comment on the contents of the paper; it could be great stuff for all I know (I’m not really reading the local papers so much anymore). It is a comment on printed newspaper as a medium.

A few years ago I used to argue that paper is so much more convenient that electronic media that I’ll never switch. In those few years, unbeknownst to me, I did switch. Paper is now less convenient for me than carrying my little netbook around.