system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Animorphs] How do you develop computers BEFORE you develop books?

This is one thing that I don't understand about Andalites. How on earth can they have made a computer before they invented simple books? How can they view a book as less advanced than a computer?
gpt
It comes up reasonably often in the books that Ax is actually kind of stupid in comparison to most Andalites.  The things he says, particularly about history, should be taken with a grain of salt.  That said, here is a plausible explanation: Trees, while not exactly sacred, are treated with a great deal more respect on the Andalite home world.  Likewise, thought-speech is really good at conveying information and Andalites have good memories.  It's entirely plausible that ancient Andalites revered trees enough to skip from parchment (from animal hide) scrolls to computers skipping over paper books, and not developing them until after spaceflight gave them access to non special trees.