The screen and the book

In his essay "The Screen and the Book" (First Things, May 2015), Marc Barnes argues for the metaphysical superiority of the printed-and-bound-book to the e-book.

This is the phenomenology of the screen: It could be otherwise.

This is the primary reason we feel the book to be solid in comparison to the screen. The screen is saturated with possibilities. The screen is fluid.

I read it on my Kindle.