Unicorntopia

Books vs Websites

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Unicorntopia
, 01-29-2011 at 09:39 PM (532 Views)
Hate reading informational books. Love reading informational websites.

Every word in a book is put in chronological order by and in the outside world. I cannot deviate from the order the words have been put in a book. I read a paragraph and forget the last. I cannot put together one idea from one section of the book with another idea from another section of the book because they were not fitted together originally. What did the author mean? How does one idea relate to the next other than in the chronological order it was put into originally. I cannot ask the author of the book since they are not with me as I am reading it. Stories are a completely different story, of course. I love novels. Novels are only happenings put in chronological order. Happenings I can relate to one another with freedom and ease. What happened happened. No one meant anything by it. I can produce whatever meaning I want out of it. As a side note: If I am reading a story and the author did mean for me to get a specific meaning from the story that was not explicitly stated I will usually see it right away, avoid it like the plague and then consider as a possible assessment after I have made my own assessment after I am finished reading the entire story.

In a website, each page has its own idea that I internalize and understand on its own. I can relate it to any previously read page or previously understood idea I have ever had in my life, as I see fit, at the time. Each page is just placed on the website in no strict order so I can read which ever one I wish at whatever time I wish and relate to it however I wish. Here is a piece of info! Ahhhh, interesting! I can do whatever I want with it! It is for me!

I am utterly blind when I am told what to do.

You have your opinion. I have mine. If they happen to match, than I am usually extatic and find it to mean something more, like I am meant to be with that person or am meant to find some higher meaning from the situation that can be used for a higher purpose.

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  1. carson's Avatar
    If I am reading a story and the author did mean for me to get a specific meaning from the story that was not explicitly stated I will usually see it right away, avoid it like the plague...
    I do that too. I can usually tell by the rhythm of the words in the first paragraph whether the story will try to "prove" something. My opinion is that the art of storytelling in our age is getting swamped by politics. Authors want to impose their world view on readers rather than reveal beauty - as if it's a competition to see who can be the most close-minded and cynical.
  2. Psychosmurf's Avatar
    Often times a book won't make much sense until I'm already halfway through. By the time I finish it, it is only then that I can see why the author's choice of ordering made sense.

    I think there's some kind of psychological effect that makes websites more interesting than books. A study, I forgot which one, showed that we treat our computers as if they were humans, because we can interact with them. But books give off a much more "set in stone" like feeling. So they tend to be less interesting.
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  3. Unicorntopia's Avatar
    Both replies are very interesting. Thank you!

    Psychosmurf, while I was writing that, I did get the feeling that it mabey had something to do with Fe and quite a bit to do with my lack of Si and Te.
  4. iMaven's Avatar
    i really relate!!

    does this mean you hate school books?
  5. Unicorntopia's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by iMaven
    i really relate!!

    does this mean you hate school books?
    Well I like learning the material, sinse I think learning is fun, but I have to force myself to read it. It reminds me a lot of when my mother used to force me to eat the foods I did not like.

    I much prefer learning from teachers. I pay attention in class so I can absorb as much as possible right then. I usually don't read the book unless we are absolutely required to or the teacher did not teach. I like askiing questions and rewording things back to the teacher to see if I understand it the way they understand it.

    I recently had a teacher and a student laugh at me and tell me to stop trying to make connections between things we are learning right now and things we learned earlier in the class and outside of class. I was a tiny bit shocked. That teacher also kept telling me that my questions were phylosophical and that was not what he was teaching.

    I really bennefit from pictures in the book though so it is good if I read it.
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