"Mind wandering is typically associated with negative things like laziness..." and "our brains are very active when we daydream"
These aren't mutually exclusive. It just means our brains are very active on other topics
Are the ideals here really about freedom and liberty or just thinly-veiled anti-corporatism?
... or are Slashdotters just against the abuse of patents by certain corporations?
You missed one option.
Let's just forget for a second that you can fit all of a dozen words on the screen at one time.
Maybe you should try?
I have just read The Count of Monte Cristo, and am reading Wuthering Heights on my iPhone, and it's great. Not because the screen is fantastic, but because I can read it anywhere, as my book is with me all the time.
I used to hardly ready at all because I didn't set aside the time. Now I can read bits here and there, waiting for meetings, trains etc.
(I used to do all this on a B&W Palm V, so this is a vast improvement!)
You can't cheat the phone company.
