I like allenwang’s reply below, but there is another consideration with books.
Long before hyperlinks, books evolved comprehensive indices and references, and these allow humans to relatively easily and quickly jump between topics in one book and across books.
Now are the jumps we employ on the web faster? Certainly. But the difference is only quantitative, not qualitative, and the web version isn’t enormously faster.
I like allenwang’s reply below, but there is another consideration with books.
Long before hyperlinks, books evolved comprehensive indices and references, and these allow humans to relatively easily and quickly jump between topics in one book and across books.
Now are the jumps we employ on the web faster? Certainly. But the difference is only quantitative, not qualitative, and the web version isn’t enormously faster.