The way students engage in studying, I would venture to say, is less reliant upon reading actual books since much of the relevant information can be found online. As you have detailed that “the quest for book knowledge enlists all our sense”, does the quest for electronic knowledge lessen the experience of reading and retaining information, does the transformation of “programmable media” affect this in any way?
From looking at the different paradigms of design, reflective, visceral, and behavioral, can technology still be regarded as beautiful if it cannot be used? For example, “Norman’s so called ‘masochistic’ teapot” (76)
Do you think the relationship between form and content is one that should be explored further, as it was with Carlea Holl-Jensen’s book, or should technologies that work today be left unaltered? Why?