What you're probably thinking is:" I know
he's gonna say paper"
But the answer may surprise you.
Because I'm not gonna say paper.
But before dropping the bomb, let me introduce.
E-reader isn't this much of a thing.
I remember when this thing
was released some years ago,
it appeared like we could basically burn all the books,
Fahrenheit 451 style. But it didn't
happen. Or if you say that it must happen,
it will happen, it hasn't happened yet.
And the reason is a matter of value.
Because we tend to assign higher value
to a thing we can physically own than to
a digital one. Even if it isn't very
logical. Because the physical books have
the same legibility than digital ones.
This was proven by making people read
short texts written on: paper, an iPad LED
screen like this one, and an Amazon
Kindle that uses e-ink like this one.
Then these people had to answer a
comprehension questionaire, and they noticed
that there was no real difference in
comprehension and brain effort between
the readings. So by reading from a LED screen,
e-ink or paper your brain takes the
same effort. But still they noticed that
most of the people were preferring the
paper.
So in terms of what is easier to read,
the answer is: "Whatever you like". But
I'm gonna spend a word more for LED
screen. You may already know that long
exposure to LED screen is bad for your eyes,
so do prefer paper or e-ink to that, UNLESS
you are senior (60+ age). In that case
reading from a tablet (LED screen) may
result to a better understanding. Why?
Because old eyes make more effort to
read things with low contrast. LED screen
have a higher contrast, so for old eyes
it's easier to read things there.
[...] basically burn all the books, Fahrenheit 451 style.
