I’ve been doing a lot of reading in my spare time recently using locally hosted open source text to speech models while doing chores. If not for textbyo speech I probably wouldn’t have time to read these books, and if not for the fact that it’s locally hosted I’d probably be on a watchlist for reading them too.
I don’t read paper books anymore, but I have 1,000 epubs to read on my crappy $25 tablet.
In any case, you’re comparing apples and oranges. I look reading The Expanse as much as I love watching the show. But nonetheless, they’re very different forms of stimulation.
Speaking of stimulation, reading is clearly better for your brain. It’s like exercise. What you do in your youth determines what you will be able to do in your old age.
Books are my favorite form of media. They seem to be the most complete projections of their author’s thoughts. In more expensive media there are many different influences that direct the media, while with a lot of books you can get away with just one author and one editor. It’s more pure and clear in that way. It’s also much easier for me to “get” books.
I do enjoy movies and television, but it’s a very different enjoyment. I can see how someone can prefer them, but I don’t. As for engagement and entertainment, I apparently have an average level of visual fantasy, and some novel scenes I have remembered for years. While reading I slowly stop reading words and start reading fully fleshed out scene, and my mind’s eye presents me with spectacle. It’s incredible and I love it.
Books are just an outdated form of media.
Every other type of media is more entertaining and engaging to most people.
It’s just unfortunate that the majority of information is only recorded in text.
But I have been enjoying how many random video essays there are now.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading in my spare time recently using locally hosted open source text to speech models while doing chores. If not for textbyo speech I probably wouldn’t have time to read these books, and if not for the fact that it’s locally hosted I’d probably be on a watchlist for reading them too.
I don’t read paper books anymore, but I have 1,000 epubs to read on my crappy $25 tablet.
In any case, you’re comparing apples and oranges. I look reading The Expanse as much as I love watching the show. But nonetheless, they’re very different forms of stimulation.
Speaking of stimulation, reading is clearly better for your brain. It’s like exercise. What you do in your youth determines what you will be able to do in your old age.
Books are my favorite form of media. They seem to be the most complete projections of their author’s thoughts. In more expensive media there are many different influences that direct the media, while with a lot of books you can get away with just one author and one editor. It’s more pure and clear in that way. It’s also much easier for me to “get” books.
I do enjoy movies and television, but it’s a very different enjoyment. I can see how someone can prefer them, but I don’t. As for engagement and entertainment, I apparently have an average level of visual fantasy, and some novel scenes I have remembered for years. While reading I slowly stop reading words and start reading fully fleshed out scene, and my mind’s eye presents me with spectacle. It’s incredible and I love it.
Clearly the softest intellectually.
How many hours did it take you to cook that one up?
Clearly less than it took you to type it.
Not that someone who despises reading could read a clock anyway.