This was more or less the same thread we had 6 months ago and we did it to death Books v internet personal preference IMO another thread isn't needed. Peeps do what you want to do..and no one is a victim don't even understand the reasoning behind the post title Knowledge is all around us
I love my books!! At last count i had about 1,500. Find the internet useful but i can't take it to bed with me . At the moment I've got a couple of orchid books that will need my attention tonight
Am I prey to a seeming sociological imperative to obtain instant gratification, answers now, a short term reward at the expense of desensitisation to my own mid-limbic dopamine pathways, thus perpetuating seeking behaviour? [Parklife!] Perhaps a bit or far more than I'd like to acknowledge to myself and others. Is there a sociological pressure enabled by technology (perhaps) or is it self-driven psychological (yes).
There's probably an interesting Thinking Allowed programme on the Home Service on the wireless about this. I love the anecdotes with which Laurie Taylor introduces the programmes.
Mastery begins in the library. I aim to learn how things work beforehand and it reduces the number of piddly little questions getting out of hand due to them becoming urgent. Definite Theorist [Honey & Mumford] here.
It's far more satisfying for me to book off other engagements spend a few days in the uni library, pick a few academic books I can barely comprehend, , then reading and repeating until I do understand than having one-by-one questions answered. The former gives numerous future answers and more importantly the tools to work out one's own future answers. The latter results in a seek-reward dopamine loop [not resulting in satiety], possibly amplified if the task one asked a question about is completed. It's the same pathway as in overeating, overshopping. That people may now be seeking optimal results rather than satisfactory results may be making matters worse.
The satisfying rewards that don't mess up the dopamine reward set-point are in making time to deal with the important yet non-urgent things; education, planning, skilling for the future, spiritual health. [Covey: Quadrant 2 in a pop management book of the 90s]
Do I find the Internet satisfying (after 30 years usage)? Hell no, but I keep coming back.
It was pretty clear what Mike was asking in the thread. I happen to be interested in the social sciences, in fact in most academic disciplines.
I think I need to visit the grammar and language section again, my grammar is getting worse as I age.
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This was more or less the same thread we had 6 months ago and we did it to death
Books v internet personal preference IMO another thread isn't needed. Peeps do what you want to do..and no one is a victim don't even understand the reasoning behind the post title 
Knowledge is all around us 
KEF of course you know the reason behind the thread!
You've just discovered Amazon???!
Obviously you spend A LOT of time in your garden.
Am I prey to a seeming sociological imperative to obtain instant gratification, answers now, a short term reward at the expense of desensitisation to my own mid-limbic dopamine pathways, thus perpetuating seeking behaviour? [Parklife!] Perhaps a bit or far more than I'd like to acknowledge to myself and others. Is there a sociological pressure enabled by technology (perhaps) or is it self-driven psychological (yes).
There's probably an interesting Thinking Allowed programme on the Home Service on the wireless about this. I love the anecdotes with which Laurie Taylor introduces the programmes.
Mastery begins in the library. I aim to learn how things work beforehand and it reduces the number of piddly little questions getting out of hand due to them becoming urgent. Definite Theorist [Honey & Mumford] here.
It's far more satisfying for me to book off other engagements spend a few days in the uni library, pick a few academic books I can barely comprehend, , then reading and repeating until I do understand than having one-by-one questions answered. The former gives numerous future answers and more importantly the tools to work out one's own future answers. The latter results in a seek-reward dopamine loop [not resulting in satiety], possibly amplified if the task one asked a question about is completed. It's the same pathway as in overeating, overshopping. That people may now be seeking optimal results rather than satisfactory results may be making matters worse.
The satisfying rewards that don't mess up the dopamine reward set-point are in making time to deal with the important yet non-urgent things; education, planning, skilling for the future, spiritual health. [Covey: Quadrant 2 in a pop management book of the 90s]
Do I find the Internet satisfying (after 30 years usage)? Hell no, but I keep coming back.
It was pretty clear what Mike was asking in the thread. I happen to be interested in the social sciences, in fact in most academic disciplines.
I think I need to visit the grammar and language section again, my grammar is getting worse as I age.
It's £20 spend for free delivery on Amazon now.
Blimey Frank, you is deep