> Are books worth it? Maybe not for you. They are for me. This is impossible to answer generally. > Is it more true for [older/some fields]? I don't believe

> Are books worth it? Maybe not for you. They are for me. This is impossible to answer generally. > Is it more true for [older/some fields]? I don't believe there will be such a simple heuristic. I've read many books that were not worth it, many I did not finish, and the common aspects were: 1. The topic did not interest me / My motives to read were not the right ones 2. The author was not very good / The content was low quality You can prevent(1), but you'll have to at least give it a glance to identify (2) where you can just drop it. > Isn't most of the information from books freely available online? Including books? Free online books? What's the point here? > Am I missing out? Maybe not. If you don't get enjoyment from books, move on. There are plenty of rich and informative entertainment nowadays.