Alicorn comments on How To Have Things Correctly - Less Wrong

57 Post author: Alicorn 17 October 2012 06:10AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 October 2012 07:07:32AM 2 points [-]

Any thoughts about optimizing book ownership?

Comment author: Alicorn 19 October 2012 04:55:24PM 2 points [-]

Depends on:

whether you like reading on screens
how often you reread
how many friends you have who a) have similar tastes and b) reliably return borrowed objects
how much living space you have to work with
how convenient you are to a library
your finances, and
to what extent you enjoy books as decor.

Comment author: DaFranker 19 October 2012 05:14:15PM * 1 point [-]

Add also:

which kind of books you want and their intended form of reading
how often you will want to search the contents
how often you might want to refer to the contents when applicable, such as reference books
whether you have the urge to press ctrl+f whenever you want to find something in a long text
how likely you are to immediately look up the definition of a word (perhaps in another tab or window) as opposed to just keep on reading and infer from context
other stuff that's easier to do when you've already got the text in electronic format and have direct access to search and lookup tools