Most people I know find it hard to read books or even long pieces of text on the computer screen. Ebooks don’t seem to provide the same level of comfort provided by real books. For some, reading text on the screen for a considerable length of time strains the eyes, but most people find it difficult to sit in the same position for a long time, as is necessary while reading an ebook.

The only other thing that differentiates the computer screen from printed paper is that the screen actually emits light of various colours, rather than absorb light of all other colours. Perhaps we could have ‘comfortable’ electronic displays that absorb light of all other wavelengths whenever a particular colour needs to be displayed.

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