I honestly don't get this "you should read it" fetish. I actually spend a lot of time reading. But if I have, say 4 hours per day allocated to reading, I want

I honestly don't get this "you should read it" fetish. I actually spend a lot of time reading. But if I have, say 4 hours per day allocated to reading, I want to choose material that gives me the highest possible value per minute of reading. You're basically saying that the optimal learning and information consumption strategy is to always either read (or skim) the whole thing or ignore it. I disagree, the optimal strategy includes reading TL;DRs if available because they give you good value per unit of time or energy and they give you information whether it's worth to read the whole thing.