I respect and partially agree with what you’re saying. However, your post sounds a bit too absolutist to me. In reality books, like any form of communication a

I respect and partially agree with what you’re saying. However, your post sounds a bit too absolutist to me. In reality books, like any form of communication are incredibly diverse on the production as well on the consumption side. A novel is very different than a reference. A teaching book is very different than a biography. Some books are more about the journey - some are more about the destination. There are many different ways to consume (some or all of) a book. And that’s driven by both: how it was written and what a reader wants out of it at that moment in time. Books are one of the manifestations of the incredible plurality in our species.