And? So switch one form of escapism for another? We could all benefit from less social media, less articles ( like this one from qz ), less news and less books

And? So switch one form of escapism for another? We could all benefit from less social media, less articles ( like this one from qz ), less news and less books. But what's the point of this clickbait? You could "escape" and read 200 books and that wouldn't be any different than wasting time watching tv or going on social media or reading silly articles like OP's. Reading books in and of itself isn't a "noble" pursuit. Especially when most of it is clickbait formulaic nonsense. Instead of reading 200 books, why not select a 2 or 3 important books and learn those well? Reading the bible or knuth's the art of computer programming is actually a worthwhile goal. Reading 200 formulaic saccharine books that rot your brain isn't. QUALITY over QUANTITY.