Longish reply: Thanks for the nice reply. I think it's harder to skim a video and say you understood than it is to skim a long book and say you understood, and

Longish reply: Thanks for the nice reply. I think it's harder to skim a video and say you understood than it is to skim a long book and say you understood, and I know countless people who do this. So if I watch a video on a topic and someone else reads a paper on a topic, but they may have skimmed, I see merit in watching videos because of this. I would think blind people feel similarly. Can you even skim videos at all? And yes, I do agree, Youtube can have false info. On the other hand, it can also have info that hasn't been written about yet, and I think there's a lot to say about the fact it covers stuff that otherwise might not get written about, but of course that's a separate topic. To be honest, there are lots of bad books. I guess we'd have to measure what types a book a person reads, not just how often or how much they read. A local bookstore to me has a ton of westerns. Even if I read them all I'd be worse off. In fact I have read some, lol. And now for an example! https://figshare.mq.edu.au/articles/thesis/Deterritorializing_gender_in_Sydney_s_breakdancing_scene_a_B-girl_s_experience_of_B-boying/19433291?file=34528847 https://figshare.mq.edu.au/articles/thesis/Deterritorializin... Sorry to throw raygun under the bus, but I think her paper is a fantastic example. And you're right, many classical works are by modern standards bad. I have read some of the norse sagas. And I do agree with you, it is important to read the originals! Harder to do right? Again, uff. I don't know. Books certainly are more informative and more thought out, and more detailed. I think I agree there, and I too hate that people don't read for entertainment. But reading generally, outside a certain type of books / texts, I think there is still risk. But I do agree, there's lots of bad video / podcast content. Sorry for the disorganized answer.