Write once, read anywhere

CNN's Henry T. Casey on how to read in 2025. Spoiler: there's a lot to plug in. My Kobo is part of my library; I read technical manuals on my laptop and articles on my phone. But the print versions of books – relegated to the last section of the article, as a gesture of kindness – remain the superior technology. Even the cheapest paperback will outlive all of the tech you have in your possession now. In five years every device you're using will be broken or redundant but that book on the shelf? Still working. You won't need to upgrade it. You can lend it to read without a subscription or a login. The printed book thwarts modern tech capitalism as effectively as it once enabled the old kind. We won't lose the wheel, though. The digital space is choking off music and movies and TV. Books will hold out.