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CMV: Reading books is not superior to other forms of reading

There is a tendency that I’ve noticed for self-proclaimed intellectuals to hail reading novels and non-fiction books as the mark of an intelligent person. There is a general notion that reading books in print is more enriching than reading articles on the internet or even reading a book in PDF form. When browsing on the internet, I often will read a source which provides hyperlinks to many other resources so that I have access to whichever details I want as I desire. This makes the reading process more efficient and honestly more effective. In general, I would argue that books are a really ineffective form to store lots of detailed information on subjects seeing as they are not searchable and not very portable. Often, the contents of a book would be better organized as a collection of articles or entries anyway.
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>There is a tendency that I’ve noticed for self-proclaimed intellectuals to hail reading novels and non-fiction books as the mark of an intelligent person.

Reading books gives you experience, that is largely unique and you won't find them while quickly browsing web. By reading book, you basically explore a whole new world, which forces you to think about things in different way.

It shapes your imagination. It helps your creative skills. It gives you knowledge, that you retain better, because it comes in the form of stories. Those are the generalities of a book medium.

But if you want to REALLY know about some subject. You simply have to read the book. A book is specially designed piece of literature, that extracts all the relevant informations from various sources and presents you in digestable and often fun form.

By reading articles, reading wiki, following links, etc... You not only have to invest much more work in order to get a quality that is even remotely near that of a book. But you have all the fact checking, and clearing up missconceptions in front of you. And very few people are willing to do that (unless they are writing a book).