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I buy physical tech books and ebooks only if there is no paper version available (then I print what is interesting to me). The reason is that I have ADHD and u
by varispeed 4y ago
I buy physical tech books and ebooks only if there is no paper version available (then I print what is interesting to me).
The reason is that I have ADHD and using ebooks is too slow. If flipping between pages takes me more than 0.1s I easily get bored often forget what I was looking for and start to procrastinate. There is also an additional reward for using a physical book, that you get to flip the pages that is akin to using a fidget spinner, so looking for information in physical book is more engaging.
I can also have multiple books next to each other with quick access, which is not possible on ebook readers (as far as I know - you have to close one book, open another etc which takes forever and if I get a notification or something popping up, I can easily get distracted and start doing something else entirely).