Inter Alia 1 min read
Books
The spatial and tactile sense of a physical book—knowing where it lives, feeling its weight, seeing it on the shelf—creates a different relationship with what you're reading.
There's something irreplaceable about walking to a shelf, pulling a book, and reading. Finishing it, walking back to the shelf, and immediately starting the next one.
The spatial and tactile sense of a physical book—knowing where it lives, feeling its weight, seeing it on the shelf—creates a different relationship with what you're reading. Re-reading becomes natural when the book is right there, not buried in a device competing with notifications.
In a world where shallowness has become the default, resisting it seems like a fine idea.