[boarsofcanada]

I don’t know how ubiquitous it is in my circles, but I have noticed a lot of folks in their 20s and 30s tell me they only buy paper books, never Kindle. I started buying only the latter years ago because of the convenience and lack of a need for storage, but have recently switched to getting everything I can (digitally) through the library and the Libby app.

[orochimaaru]

I've stopped with Kindle books (or e-books in general). It's been a while. But my kindle got destroyed by my then 3 yr old going all crazy on it. The screen just froze and nothing made it unfreeze. I was moving towards paper books anyway. So I just did not buy another Kindle.

From new reports it seems Denmark is rolling back a lot of e-learning/screen usage. I hope the same comes to pass in the US. My daughter gets an iPad for her high school and while its locked down it is incredibly distracting. It is also restrictive. You can't read your notes and make summaries and write your own interpretation of what you've read without switching context between apps. As a whole I think its a bad option for learning.

[palmotea]

> It is also restrictive. You can't read your notes and make summaries and write your own interpretation of what you've read without switching context between apps.

A lot of folks really underrate how inferior digital technology is to paper, in many ways. Digital has some advantages (e.g. copying, transmission, physical size), but is grossly inferior in other ways (flexibility, engaging spatial awareness, etc.).

[nphardon]

We have also seen the Boomer's cannibalize themselves, even my 7 year old can see that her grandma's screen addiction is a very scary thing and something to be avoided; very cautionary. The Boomer's inability to defend themselves against the algorithms is a wild case study in screen addiction.

I think AI is just a tipping point and an easy target.