The cheap pen that changed writing forever

The cheap pen that changed writing forever

You’re using them all the time, yet you’ve probably never given much thought to the history of the ballpoint pen. Turns out, it’s quite an interesting one. Key idea: «The ballpoint pen was the equivalent of today’s smartphone».


From Weekly Filet ##324, in November 2020.

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