[AzAngel]

You are going to make me quote Giles (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer): "Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell... musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is... it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible. It should be, um... smelly." It is true though, things I read physically stick with me a lot easier and hold my attention better then digital reads. Unless of course my computer was to catch on fire. I am sure that experience would stay with me for a while.

[tomkarlo]

This was probably true of parchment, too.

Doesn't anyone remember a decade ago when most people "couldn't read" things on screen, so they'd print out every doc? These days it's relatively rare. Humans usually adapt and move forward faster than we expect we will.