NBC know ATC better than you cavemen

So Matt Lauer tours the tower at JFK and of course has got to try and create panic and havoc. This thing they call "paper" (on top of being destructive to trees) is so arcane. Of course, he does not take into consideration that it WORKS. It works when the power is out, it works when there is a new computer virus and it works in just about every imaginable contingency...bah...but...there HAS to be a better more modern way that puts us totally dependent on fail-able machines (airlines.org) Mais...