Nowadays, we can search for almost any info online by just a few clicks. This, however raise a question that whether printed books still have any place in modern society? Despite both have their own pros and cons, I’ll have to slightly disagree with this opinion.
The Internet is a great resource of knowledges where you can look up almost anything with ease. With around 1. 5 billion websites existing right now, this source of knowledges is very large and a variety of types. Provided that you’re connected, if you want to find different types of information like: data, numbers, fact, … of different topics by books, it would be really time-consuming and require tons of efforts. Just by some typing and clicking, an ocean of information that you needed is right in front of you. However, due to the information online being easily uploaded by anyone, you need to be beware of false information and filter out the ones that are fact-checked. Secondly, the Internet provides you not only a great source of information but also a much larger data to save and share the knowledges you have in a very small, light physical object compare to printed books, which is very convenient for small places. Moreover, by using electronic books, you can somehow save the endangered environment. Physical books are mostly formed of many paper pages, which are the result of cutting down forests which plays an important role in protecting the environment. By using virtual books, you can not only have access to numerous source of information, but also affect the environment less than physical books.
Despite of the said strength of the Internet, physical books still, to this day have some advantages that will keep it far from being unimportant. Firstly, books are an important source of various knowledges that have been revised and updated many times by numerous writers, so you usually don’t have to worry about its accuracy. Secondly, by holding a printed book to read, you can actually improve your concentration. People who use e-books can be easily distracted due to the convenience of accessing anything in a few seconds and fall down the endless rabbit hole of the Internet and just wait your precious time. Thirdly, reading printed books can actually help you to reduce visual fatigue. Spending many of your times before the screen with artificial light can affect deeply to your vision health, including blurred vision, redness and even your sleep. Reading physical books on the other hand, provided with enough light will not cause you these symptoms and it can help you have a better, deeper sleep. In addition, reading physical books have some joy value that you won’t get from reading electronic ones. There’s something very special about the feeling of holding a physical books, smelling the newly printed pages and read it in a tranquil atmosphere that make it a unique form of entertainment that can help you to relax after having a strenuous day.
With that being said, we can now conclude that physical and digital sources of knowledge both have their own advantages and disadvantages which have shown that neither of them are perfect. Both of them are great and necessary sources of information and neither are to be missed. If we know how to use them in a proper way, we can have our wisdom widened, in the most effective way.
Nowadays, we can search for almost any info online by
just
a few clicks. This,
however
raise a question that whether
printed
books
still
have any place in modern society? Despite both have their
own
pros and cons, I’ll
have to
slightly
disagree with this opinion.
The Internet is a great resource of
knowledges
where you can look up almost anything with
ease
. With around 1. 5 billion websites existing right
now
, this
source
of
knowledges
is
very
large and a variety of types. Provided that you’re connected, if you want to find
different
types of
information
like: data, numbers, fact, … of
different
topics by
books
, it would be
really
time-consuming and require tons of efforts.
Just
by
some
typing and clicking, an ocean of
information
that you needed is right in front of you.
However
, due to the
information
online being
easily
uploaded by anyone, you need to be
beware
of false
information
and filter out the ones that are fact-
checked
.
Secondly
, the Internet provides you not
only
a great
source
of
information
but
also
a much larger data to save and share the
knowledges
you have in a
very
small
, light
physical
object compare to
printed
books
, which is
very
convenient for
small
places.
Moreover
, by using electronic
books
, you can somehow save the endangered environment.
Physical
books
are
mostly
formed of
many
paper pages, which are the result of cutting down forests which plays an
important
role in protecting the environment. By using virtual
books
, you can not
only
have access to numerous
source
of
information
,
but
also
affect the environment less than
physical
books.
Despite of
the said strength of the Internet,
physical
books
still
, to this day have
some
advantages that will
keep
it far from being unimportant.
Firstly
,
books
are an
important
source
of various
knowledges
that have
been revised
and updated
many
times by numerous writers,
so
you
usually
don’t
have to
worry about its accuracy.
Secondly
, by holding a
printed
book
to read, you can actually
improve
your concentration.
People
who
use
e-books can be
easily
distracted due to the convenience of accessing anything in a few seconds and fall down the endless rabbit hole of the Internet and
just
wait your precious time.
Thirdly
,
reading
printed
books
can actually
help
you to
reduce
visual fatigue. Spending
many
of your times
before
the screen with artificial light can affect
deeply
to your vision health, including blurred vision, redness and even your sleep.
Reading
physical
books
on the other hand
, provided with
enough
light will not cause you these symptoms and it can
help
you have a better, deeper sleep.
In addition
,
reading
physical
books
have
some
joy value that you won’t
get
from
reading
electronic ones. There’s something
very
special about the feeling of holding a
physical
books
, smelling the
newly
printed
pages and read it in a tranquil atmosphere that
make
it a unique form of entertainment that can
help
you to relax after having a strenuous day.
With that
being said
, we can
now
conclude that
physical
and digital
sources
of
knowledge
both have their
own
advantages and disadvantages which have shown that neither of them are perfect. Both of them are great and necessary
sources
of
information
and neither are to
be missed
. If we know how to
use
them
in a proper way
, we can have our wisdom widened, in the most effective way.