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Re:Sweden is investing €104M to bring back printed textbooks by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:14PM (#42717107)
Physical has a spatial dimension that digital cannot replicate. Like I can't tell ya what page something is on but I can find it quickly by feel.

Something is lost by moving to digital but what? By what metric?

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Re:Sweden is investing €104M to bring back printed textbooks by w00ds on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:22PM (#42717202)
Exactly that which is not amenable to metrics...
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