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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin
Reading is dead. The written word is dead and is all but a historic accident: the first recording device we found. We got much better ways now to record not only stories as told second-hand, but directly recording it, full image and sound.
A tablet is a means to get images and sounds. Sure the historic writing device will be there, but it's really pointless. We're on the brink of change. People who grew reading will be reading until dead, but that's it. Don't think newer generations used to cheap recording and distribution of videos will be weeping for it. Ever heard of vlogs and vooks?
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Not a chance. Video is very good at showing you what things looked like, but only gives you a shallow look. Text allows you to have perspectives that are difficult to give with video. Much of the depth of a book is lost when it becomes video. A skilled movie maker can attempt to convey some of the meaning of the book, but the fact that it takes so much skill to do this just shows the advantages of books.
I enjoy documentaries, but when they are based on a book, the documentary is much less in-depth than the book was.
Video and audio are very linear. It comes at you at its pace, not your pace. When you're reading, you can read at whatever speed works for you. If you want to flip back and check something that came earlier, it's much easier to do this with text than eith video or audio.
Video has its advantages, but it has some serious disadvantages as well. We're not going to see reading come to an end.