On the flip side, I have most of the books I continue to use after graduate school, even though the material can be found online in most places.
Why?
1. Books are way more permanent than Kindle's terms of service, PDFs require fragile digital storage either locally or through a cloud service, etc.
2. I refer to things I read years or even a decade after reading them, and sometimes need a refresher
In addition to these, I have classics, scifi, novels I found interesting, and loads of pop-[field] introductory readings for my children to enjoy.
It is awesome to hear a six year old talk about what they read in "A Brief History of Time" and let their unbound curiosity and imagination try to expand their understanding of the universe.
My parents, somewhat hoarders at that stage of life, had years of Readers Digest and National Geographic when I was young. Having access to decades of print materials that most today would minimalistically confine to the rubbish bin set the direction of my life for exploration and discovery.
Why?
1. Books are way more permanent than Kindle's terms of service, PDFs require fragile digital storage either locally or through a cloud service, etc.
2. I refer to things I read years or even a decade after reading them, and sometimes need a refresher
In addition to these, I have classics, scifi, novels I found interesting, and loads of pop-[field] introductory readings for my children to enjoy.
It is awesome to hear a six year old talk about what they read in "A Brief History of Time" and let their unbound curiosity and imagination try to expand their understanding of the universe.
My parents, somewhat hoarders at that stage of life, had years of Readers Digest and National Geographic when I was young. Having access to decades of print materials that most today would minimalistically confine to the rubbish bin set the direction of my life for exploration and discovery.