lack of future vision by the present

in the most recent wii "everybody votes" poll, the question was:

will electronic books/newspapers ever replace printed books/newspapers?

44% of the people responding said "no" (and ND held the distinction of being the only state that had a majority saying nay).

this is not only wrong, but obviously wrong.  however people feel about books, magazines and newspapers today is based mostly on their previous experience with the medium.  you don't have to be a futurologist to know which will be cheaper (and ever-more-important, environmentally friendly) to produce. 

the question wasn't "when," it was "if." 

i wonder how the people of north dakota would have felt about papyrus back in the days of wax tablets.