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Computer (with internet) however: - is basically free (or cost of retrieving new content is free) - tabbed browsing makes scanning fast - broadband makes new
by adrianwaj 18y ago
Computer (with internet) however:
- is basically free (or cost of retrieving new content is free)
- tabbed browsing makes scanning fast
- broadband makes news pages load quicker (or similar) to turning a page
- commoditization of blogs and cms via open-source means more noise, but also more signal
- instant publishing
- large lcd screens can be dimmed, and font sized enlarged
There is wisdom on the web, and books are still mobile and reliable. Text books are important, but in my view the case for books is lessening. (unless you like fiction, but much classic literature can be found freely on the web due to copyright expiration anyway).
- noodle 18y ago> Text books are important, but in my view the case for books is lessening. (unless you like fiction, ... making a molehill out of a mountain, aren't we? more specifically, i think, a hasty generalization. just because you don't read fiction or something doesn't mean that others also don't. i'll agree with you if we're talking about the NICHE of instructional/scholastic/informational/reference books. i don't read those types of books. when you use the term "reading a book", though, you're typically referring to reading for recreation/entertainment, which is typically going to be fiction/literature. i do read those, and so do the vast majority of my family and friends.