If your only goal is to gain raw information books are probably not most efficient method. But I find books teach things more profoundly and also inculcate a certain type of thinking. If I don’t read for a weeks I feel my mind starts going slack and I can’t imagine never reading.

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I read quite a lot, every day. but among fiction and non-fiction books, I always have a “brain gum” book just to distract myself. very often these are some kind stories where you don’t have to get 100% involved in every word and phrase.