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Austin Kleon: Pencil vs Computer

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The Appeal of Technology

I get the impression that you read mostly physical books as opposed to reading Hennel or, you know, I'm sure you did some reading online. But for you, what's kind of the appeal of the physical artifact and you were talking about marginalia? You know, I guess single tasking too, right? Yeah, I just remember better. I remember books that I've read on paper more than I do ebooks. And I don't have any kind of scientific evidence for it. I mean, a book is a great piece of technology. It's portable, it's durable. It's one of the greatest inventions that humans have ever come up with.

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