Before paper was invented, it was incredibly hard to store and share information in general, much less on a global or even countrywide scale. Le-Yang and Cai Lun (particularly the latter) are credited as the inventers of progenitors of paper.
Paper has very obviously become a massive market. With the mass production of paper, printed material became way more accessible and affordable. It was the most important method of communication for centuries, only recently becoming slowly overtaken by the internet.
Though this is no way to say paper will be going out of fashion anytime soon. It is still a resource that is incredibly useful and still in circulation everywhere. The paper market isn't dying any time soon, both as a material and as a communication technology.
(Plus, without paper we wouldn't have the office)
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