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Originally Posted by ardeegee
But that isn't a fundamental difference in the medium-- it is a difference in the number of possible distractions, and in the volume of material that you can choose from.
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The fundamental difference lies in the immediacy of the distractions, coupled with the sheer number in the electronic world.
I certainly agree that there are distractions in the physical world, but in the electronic world, the distractions are the twitch of a finger away. In the physical world, the distractions are nowhere near as immediate.
Your observation of the number of distractions is important, too. In the physical world, the number of distractions
immediately available with almost non-existent effort are not as great as in the electronic world.
I also agree with your observation about what I think of as the paralysis of choice. In fact, I limit the number of books I put on my reader at any one time for exactly that reason.