That can be an issue, especially if you're using The Great Courses DVDs to learn material that has a lot of detail that you're trying to write down in a notebook.
But what I'm talking about is the power of screens to engage and persuade people. People will disengage from books sooner then they will disengage from screens (unless whatever's in the book really interests them). Also, a lot of people read things and don't believe them, but once they see them, then they believe. For example, over 100 years ago, lots of people didn't believe there were geysers at Yellowstone National Park that shot water hundreds of feet into the air until they saw them for themselves, or saw photographs or motion pictures of them. Back in 1903, when the Wright Brothers got the first powered airplane, lots of people didn't believe that until they saw photographs or motion pictures of airplanes in action or better yet-saw airplanes flying with their own eyes.
If someone told you they had to power to freeze things they touched and even build an entire ice sculpture just by waving their hands around, would you believe that someone? No, of course you wouldn't. Not unless that someone demonstrated it to you in person, and then built something out of ice you specifically requested.
A lot of people naively believe they can talk their way or write their way into or out of anything, and they hold onto that belief until the day comes when they learn that they really can't.
