Just came across this very interessting article in Wired about Why the Smart Reading Device of the Future May Be … Paper. It argues, that especially the tactility of paper might play an important role for our understanding and comes to the conclusion: “ ‚There is something to deep reading and deep thinking that is worth making an effort to preserve.‘ Whether we need paper to do that remains to be seen. For now, though, there’s still plenty of life in those dead trees.“