Interesting. I have the reverse effect—it’s much easier to concentrate on the physical books, which don’t need to constantly compete for attention with all the distractions of the web, like the impulse to check your e-mail every five minutes.
That’s mostly just for long books, though—reading comment threads such as on LW isn’t a problem. The hypothesis below, that it’s because of their discretized nature, sounds quite plausible.
Interesting. I have the reverse effect—it’s much easier to concentrate on the physical books, which don’t need to constantly compete for attention with all the distractions of the web, like the impulse to check your e-mail every five minutes.
That’s mostly just for long books, though—reading comment threads such as on LW isn’t a problem. The hypothesis below, that it’s because of their discretized nature, sounds quite plausible.