Even Daniel Kahneman and Rory Sutherland got the Kindle-vs-print prediction wrong. The mechanism is WYSIATI — What You See Is All There Is. When we compare a new technology to an incumbent, we tick the new's distinguishing features and stop, drowning out any thought of what the old has that the new lacks. Print books still win on gifts, photo rendering, shelf display, and casual readers — categories neither smart predictor ever thought to enumerate.
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