"The link is, in a way, a technologically advanced form of a footnote. It's also, distraction-wise, a more violent form of a footnote. Where a footnote gives your brain a gentle nudge, the link gives it a yank. What's good about a link — its propulsive force — is also what's bad about it."

Anna brings this quote from Nicholas Carr’s website to start the discussion of the non-stop draw of links during online reading.

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Opening quote