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I agree with you somewhat, but there's something unique about the internet I think is dangerous: there's no clear boundaries of when to stop. Radio stations wou
by chickenpotpie 5y ago
I agree with you somewhat, but there's something unique about the internet I think is dangerous: there's no clear boundaries of when to stop. Radio stations would stop broadcasting, you reach the end of a book, and tv shows end. But, the internet just keeps going. You can just keep scrolling and clicking through website after website until you die, with very little prompt that it's time to stop.
- acchow 5y agoYou go to the next book to read in the same way you click on the next link on the web.
- filoleg 5y agoOr even more obviously, keep clicking and scrolling to the next channel on TV. Not that much these days, because everyone switched away from cable onto the streaming services, but it should still be an easy comparison that is understood by most here.
- throwawayboise 5y agoBroadcast TV stations used to stop broadcasting every night. By midnight or 1:00 or so, none of the three or four channels you could receive was showing anything at all.
- chickenpotpie 5y agoYes but with substantially more friction. I have to stand up, walk over to my bookshelf, go through my books, grab one, sit back down, and start reading vs click
- Mezzie 5y agoNot if you bring the whole pile around with you or you have a Kindle! Not that I've ever done such things. Carrying around 4 books would have been absurd. Not me.
- stinos 5y agohave to stand up, walk over to my bookshelf, go through my books, grab one, sit back dow You can treat that as a chore, or as something exciting. Pick the latter and it's not really friction anymore, in that it's enjoyable friction: there's a certain expectation I get from picking the next book, encountering something I haven't read for ages and remembering how good it was.