WHY people no longer READ BOOKS? Dr. Jordan Peterson in Modern Wisdom

Jordan Peterson, psychology rockstar, why people ditch books for videos and podcasts. He breaks down the shift from reading to watching and listening, adding his unique insights.

[zerodgaming]

reading is underrated in a world full of distractions

[brynleyjones]

Reading is like drinking water. Eventually people will figure out how much they're missing, and they may eventually turn back to it.

[cdplaya]

This is a pretty depressing truth for aspiring authors such as myself. Although it also means that the audio book market is very ripe. But it’s expensive to produce.

[morganj]

The thing about reading is the level of depth that can be achieved in a book format. And if you’re a voracious reader, you can read faster than you can listen to a podcast or consume an audiobook.
It might be few intellects who engage with it as a preferred medium but I don’t think it’s ever going to die out.

[Twobirdsbreakingfree]

Of course, we all know the real reason that people no longer read books; the Internet.

[theboombody]

Reading does take a while, especially when you're like me and you ENJOY reading slow. I may read 5 to 10 books a year. I watch WAY more videos than that, and I enjoy reading much more than watching videos.

[TheCompleteGuitarist]

Chaucer never wrote for a market, Homer never wrote for a market. There were no book sales markets. They created great stories that survived. We will look back on this era and see a hole. Because digital has no shelf life. Even the medium fails in the end. Things I made as a musician 20 year ago and committed to digital storage are now gone. All my new music gets transcribed to paper as well as recorded these days, .

[Brattliandreas]

Ok to use AI for videos, but watch them a few times first. And adjust.

[raumograeywolf]

I was no mere book worm, but a book shai-hulud, though I dont read as much as i used to

[michaelclark]

Maybe they aren’t reading because you have the lights off. Just kidding. It’s a habit that takes practice. It’s a muscle that needs exercise.

[NBl-qwcg]

I dont agree people dont read. We all read, .Just depends what.
People that read heavy dense books ie classics had a lot more time with less distractions. Now life is very fast and competitive and Jp and host is right the opportunity cost of sinking hours into say far from the madding crowd or trollopes barchester towers is too high when you can speed read self help books or get the gist of ideas/philosophy from podcast and you tube clips.

[tedbaxter]

Why the overwhelming bad overwhelming music? Unwatchable.

[matthewcaldwell]

No people read. They read the same stupid self help book that gets sold to them over and over and over again.