• EddoWagt@feddit.nl
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    4 months ago

    Overall, you can move forward from a perhaps more simplistic version of the world.

    This feels very elitist, like you have a better and deeper understanding of the world just because you read books. I can tell you that it’s not that simple

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      4 months ago

      It is not simple, but honestly in this day and age of extremely swiftly-consumed content that is often made to be as concise as possible, books bring a deeper, more long-form perspective on many things where other media can’t (or at least very rarely) do the same.

      But of course it also depends what books you’re reading or what other media you’re consuming. TikTok vs books is probably clear cut but what about like educational YouTube or something? Not as simple.