The medium is the message

The internet is such a powerful force in today’s society.  People can access it anywhere and are constantly viewing things on the internet.  However, some people still prefer print to e-viewing.  Print becomes visible just as the internet supercedes it because it acts as almost a memory to those that knew printed books and newspapers to see the resemblance between the two mediums.  When I think about the advancement of the internet it makes me miss the popularity of printed books and makes me think of grade school book fairs and book orders. You don’t know what you had until it’s gone.  The printed book brought a lot of joy and happiness and brings a richness to the story that I do not believe that ebooks and the internet possess. The aesthetic appeal of the physical touch and turning the page are things that no computer will be able to do for any reader.  I think that the print world becomes "visible" because without the print world there would not be an internet to update this century old technique of writing things down as record. It should become visible to those that had the chance to encounter the old while embracing the new as the internet fades in and the print world fades out.