The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

  • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I really like being able to Ctrl+F through my book.
    But there just seems to be some kind of feel to flipping a page that makes me feel more focussed.

    • MashedTech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I think it’s the mental work of “I don’t have to do anything, it will find it for me” and “I have to find it myself” and I think it puts you in a state mentally and keeps you there. You don’t have to disengage because there’s something else doing the work.