Yep. Encouraging a whole new generation of casual artists, makers and readers can only be seen as a great thing. I would just add that we all need to remember how to slow down, and understand that’s good and necessary to do so every so often.

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The 31-year-old keeps one bag at home in Northern California, carrying it from room to room, and another in her car

I think the problem is that we’ve forgotten how to just do nothing and be content with it (or even a bit bored with it). While I think unplugging is good, this just seems like replacing one kind of attention addiction with another.

They’re trying to do better, but there were and still are ethical issues with collecting items in the past for sure. It’s most certainly not a west-only thing though, cultures around the world have looted each other and put their prizes on display basically forever.

Ugh I love the Met so much. I’m not even a museum kinda guy in general, but it has such a vibe.

There’re a lot of keys on that keyboard…

Goddamn corporate-raiding vulture capitalists .

I’ll second the kobo ecosystem but add that if you install the 3rd party koreader software on it it will make syncing to a local calibre-web seamless. And it leaves the stock reader software in place so you can read drm encrypted files if needed. I have a similar use case to yours where I use the device to read books but also papers, which I usually pdf and put in a specific shelf in calibre

Yeah, bowl full of raw cookie dough, here I come!