Art imitates life. Even 2,000 years ago people knew how much information with words you can store on a scroll or literal stone tablet. It was natural for them to envision some sort of technology with a moving screen that holds more information.
One time I was looking for something and went off looking in a direction when the wind blew strongly against me so I went the other way and found what I was looking for.
And I mean like there was no strong wind at all the whole day, just randomly a gust hit right when I was looking for the group of people I was trying to find. Go with the wind, my son, or fuck it back, I dunno.