Saturday, June 18, 2005
I think there's more to books than that
He seems quite enthusiastic about electronic books. I will agree that there are many benefits to the e-book format, and I too see a large market for them. However, I think that the blogger underestimates the human dimension of paper books. Books are not a way to learn things. There's something to them being things you can reach out and touch that makes them worth having. Perhaps you might say that their permanence is an important part of what makes them what they are.
Ananlogy: We could be well fed through various pills and tasteless pastes, and we might even be healthier for it, but there's still a lot to be said for eating food when you can.
Ananlogy: We could be well fed through various pills and tasteless pastes, and we might even be healthier for it, but there's still a lot to be said for eating food when you can.
