My Thoughts on E-Readers

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I am a technology person. I love the gadgets that make my life more entertaining and make tasks easier to do. Recently, I have noticed a lot of people utilizing e-readers instead of actually carrying a book in print. While I do love technology, I am not fond of the concept of e-readers.

I do understand that e-readers have their benefits. They are compact, in that you can store hundreds of books in a small device. It is also thin, making it easy to carry around and hold it in your hand. Additionally, some e-readers are capable of accessing the internet and playing games, making it seem like they are tablets.

The biggest thing that bugs about me about the kindle is that it doesn't give me the feeling that I am reading a book. The other day I tried using my dad's kindle to try to read, but I was not able to handle it. I physically need to flip through each page of the book to feel like I have actually read through the book, even if the text is the same. The action of sliding your finger across the screen is convenient and efficient, but for me it doesn't suffice.

Our society is continuing towards absolute technopoly. This would of course affect books in that basically print would be gone, and then everything would be web. While this would save resources, readers around the world would be depressed and then not be able to read since they would not be able to handle e-readers. So, I hope that in the future printing books would still be a thing, and not everything go digital.