/lit/ - Literature

>>11564897

Very often writers argue that we are losing touch with Nature, or that Industrialisation was a bad thing.

Are there any books that provide an effective counter-argument to this? Something pro-technology but not necessarily anti-ecology.

>>8498720
These studies go into even more depth than the ones posted in the OP.

> (2013) Anne Mangen, University of Stavanger - Reading linear texts on paper vs. computer screen: effects on reading comprehension.

> (2007) Erik Wästlund, University of Karlstad - Experimental studies of human-computer interaction : working memory and mental workload in complex cognition

> (2001) Daniel K Mayes, University of Central Florida - Comprehension and workload differences for VDT and paper-based reading

> (1994) Jan Olsen, University of Cornell - Electronic Journal Literature: Implications for Scholars

>>8496040
Critique any of the aforementioned studies.

>inb4 muh e-ink
It makes no difference. Stop trying to validate your waste of money on that device.

>>8496261
Pretty patrician desu

>>8496468
>a counter on the bottom that tells you what percentage or page you are on in the book (your choice, I prefer percentage), and
Did you know that most books have magical things called page numbers?

>A quick and simple way to place bookmarks that doesn't obstruct the page, and
Your laziness is not an argument

>A quick and simple way to annotate shit that doesn't obstruct the page.
Your laziness is not an argument

>>8474251
OP, your imagination has become hindered due to technology because of how easy it is to get that dopamine release on the internet, your imagination and ability to create a "mental movie" within your mind is desensitized. Throw away your television and computer, or at least take a break from technology and spend more time reading.