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The vast majority of students rely on laptops – and increasingly AI – to help with their university work. But a small number are going analogue and eschewing tech almost entirely in a bid to re-engage their brains

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 113 points 1 week ago (24 children)

Title is misleading:

Nick, a philosophy student at the University of Cambridge, stopped using his laptop for university work in the last year of his undergraduate degree. He still types his essays, but lecture notes, revision, and essay planning are all done by hand.

The second sentence contradicts the first:

stopped using his laptop for university work

then

He still types his essays

So basically he's not taking a laptop in to the lecture hall to take notes etc but is still using a computer to complete his work. Which makes sense as pen & paper in that environment is way more practical anyway.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Maybe he's lugging a massive typewriter around.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've got images of the lecturer giving him death stares every time he starts typing, filling the room with the cliter-clatter of the keys.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

It's great because it's audible when the lecturer can continue or when not takers are still catching up.

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