Dear Jeyamohan,
I am watching your videos, and they are really inspiring.
I can’t read a book; in fact, I can’t read anything more than 100 words. But I am watching videos and movies. I am listening to podcasts and audiobooks. Why should I read? I think reading is an outdated medium of knowledge in this technological era.
Udhaykumar J.M.A.
Dear Udhaykumar,
That is not true. Don’t cheat yourself with this kind of nonsense idea. I know some fools are propagating this in visual media, and some fools are believing it.
Just listen to your process of listening to videos and audios. You may recognize that this method of learning is superficial. You have to ask one thing. Why can’t you read? It’s because reading requires your uninterrupted attention, which you can’t provide, correct? When you are listening to audio and video, your mind can wander. Parallel thoughts can flow on. But while you are reading, if you lose a moment of attention, you will stop there; you can’t continue.
That is the particular advantage of reading. It is a way to focus your entire brain on a particular thing. Reading provides you with a set of symbols known as letters. Actually, a book is nothing but a large collection of printed icons. Your brain is making it into language and meanings. You have to make the text. You are a parallel creator of the book. Reading is a process that is equal to writing a book.
Even in this technological age, reading is the primary way to learn something. There is no alternative. Media, whether in the form of audio or video, has no significant educational value. They can give you additional information and enlarge your reading experience. Today the world is slowly dividing itself into two. There are those who can read books and those who cannot. The reading section holds the entire intellectual power of the current world. Actually, they also produce visual and audio media.
You have to decide which side you want to be on.
Jeyamohan
