I cannot agree more; I have stopped reading editorials and commentaries; however, I still read books though the experience is the same: you feel like coming back to computer for reading, sometime right in the middle of the book just to check some reference or sometime to take a break. I'd say clipmarks is also responsible, but I don't mind.

I agree. We are a distracted and overly busy society. Kids have structured activities rather than time for goofing and free play. Workers are expected to multi-task and to be accessible 24/7. Enjoying the moment can be wracked with guilty thoughts of "I should be .....

It's OVERPOPULATION, stupid.


John Paul Newman
Princeton

I'm the opposite - the more I read on the computer, the more I find comfort in print on a page that doesn't glare back at me and doesn't need to be scrolled up and down.

"Google" is the sound you can hear coming out of my mouth because my brain's fried from all of the information overload!