read it but don't weep

[calimac]

This is from a review of a book I contributed to, but what most interested me was this argument in favor of reading a book instead of following the same discussion on the web:

Here, in convenient book form, you can squint at black type on white pages, instead of blue type on orange pages, or in 20 point fonts on a fecal brown background, or with popups and fire icons. Rather than slog through all that and possibly get distracted by pornography ...