I think a lot of this is true not only for books, but also for articles. I've started trying to be more selective with the online content I choose to spend my

I think a lot of this is true not only for books, but also for articles. I've started trying to be more selective with the online content I choose to spend my time on, and then conserve takeaways from the articles I read (like this one). Of course sometimes you just want entertainment, in which case this isn't worthwile.