Somewhat related: https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2021/Dec/consuming-articles-offline/ https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2021/Dec/consuming-articles-off... (HN discus

Somewhat related: https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2021/Dec/consuming-articles-offline/ https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2021/Dec/consuming-articles-off... (HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29739940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29739940) And: https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2024/Apr/reading-articles-via-podcast-software/ https://blog.nawaz.org/posts/2024/Apr/reading-articles-via-p... It's rare that I read anything other than very short articles via my screen. I haven't posted followups, but one thing you notice when reading offline is that the things that compete for your attention are quite different vs when reading via a screen. When reading on a monitor/phone, you are (only) competing with other things on the PC/phone. Other apps, other tabs on your browser, etc. After reading offline for a while, my brain realized that next to my pile of articles is a bookshelf with books I've accumulated for years, and not read. As a result, even though I continue to print articles to read offline, I read very little of those, and spend more time reading actual books. The quality is higher, as well. Likewise, while I still listen to articles via the podcasting solution above, I spend more time listening to audiobooks instead. I firmly believe that had I not gone the offline reading/listening route, I would never had read those books.