1. I dimly remember that The Shallows had something thoughtful to say about the topic;
2. I pull out my kindle and search the full text of 443 books for "carr kindle";
3. I wait 3 seconds;
4. I re-read Carr's take and mull it over.
Perhaps not fundamentally different from looking it up in the index, but it certainly feels so.
People say, "don't just a book by its cover." Shouldn't that apply to a book's format as well?