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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Of course I weigh the advantages and the drawbacks, as I said. And no, there are no rational components whatsoever to many of my decisions. Including the one to buy the new ereaders. There was no rational reason at all to buy them. There would have been, if some of my previous ones weren't working correctly or I'd felt dissatisfied with them. But they were and I didn't. To buy not one, but two new readers was a purely emotional decision. And non-justifiable at that.
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I've got more e-readers than are necessary, myself. It's not hard to start collecting them when you become habituated to using the technology. A rational reason you bought additional unnecessary ereaders could be in the behavioral and dopamine reward you derived from the very first one you purchased so long ago. Often it's the anticipation of purchasing that becomes the reward. Talking about ereaders like we do here has direct influence on your likelihood to purchase future devices.
Ereaders can be very powerful tools once one fully embraces their use. I think some of the personal connection people historically developed with the physical presence of books is replaced in the e-reader. I guess most people stare at their phones quite a bit, but I stare at this e-reader screen all the time.