That's what I cryptically meant by 'lots of things'. As an ex-abstractophile-nerd I used to think that information is information, whether it's on paper, lcd or e-ink.... I read GNU manuals in emacs or in terminal so I'm not craving for aesthetics or high res.
Turns out all mediums have subtle contexts that change the experience (at least personally [thus anecdotally]).
LCD: fatigue, luminosity, potential for distraction because you're using a machine, battery, other apps
Tablet: similar to above although maybe less so (bought a kindle 7, sadly the sub-HD resolution was another flaw)
e-ink: never tried, I wish I could but never did so far. I expect it to be a bit better than the rest
A book is dead. It requires nothing beside a bit of light. Maybe the physicality of pages make my brain focus differently, maybe touching, maybe the fact that it's dead and it won't move weirdly, change. The very high resolution helps.
All of this is super fluffy, but I value my opinion (I was surprised by it too) just enough to say it out loud. It doesn't imply you can't enjoy and learn efficiently with a digital machine but I'm sure it won't be the same as reading a book.
Turns out all mediums have subtle contexts that change the experience (at least personally [thus anecdotally]).
LCD: fatigue, luminosity, potential for distraction because you're using a machine, battery, other apps
Tablet: similar to above although maybe less so (bought a kindle 7, sadly the sub-HD resolution was another flaw)
e-ink: never tried, I wish I could but never did so far. I expect it to be a bit better than the rest
A book is dead. It requires nothing beside a bit of light. Maybe the physicality of pages make my brain focus differently, maybe touching, maybe the fact that it's dead and it won't move weirdly, change. The very high resolution helps.
All of this is super fluffy, but I value my opinion (I was surprised by it too) just enough to say it out loud. It doesn't imply you can't enjoy and learn efficiently with a digital machine but I'm sure it won't be the same as reading a book.