Just curious - why is a video with a bunch of slides a better way to present these ideas than a monograph or essay? Guess I'm just old-fashioned, but I prefer p

Just curious - why is a video with a bunch of slides a better way to present these ideas than a monograph or essay? Guess I'm just old-fashioned, but I prefer print because I don't need to click a pause button in order to think when something interesting comes up.