Just so you’re aware, your posts in this thread come across as very belligerent to me. I’m trying to ignore the tone that I perceive, and to clarify.

My understanding had been that the brain worked differently based on how it was getting text. I did a bit of DuckDuckGo and it turns out that further research shows that these differences are not that big:

https://benjaminfranklininstitute.org/books-vs-audiobooks-is-reading-always-better-for-your-brain-than-listening/

AI wouldn’t be so bad if the planet wasn’t being turned into computronium.

Your brain works differently listening to audiobooks than reading. So it’s not necessarily a substitute, in that you may not get the same out of the text.

Having said that, my wife is a bit ADHD and struggles to read books, but is addicted to audiobooks. 😅

My kids both prefer paper books to e-readers.

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