Why do so many people recommend reading books? What exactly makes a book a more efficient learning tool than a video or whatever?

I really dont like reading, Ive tried it many times, fiction, educational, whatever topic and I just cant get myself to like it, it's just too boring and tedious to me, I need some images or something to keep myself entertained, just looking at letters makes me bored. I know I probably sound like a meatheat but it's not like I dont try, I wish I liked books, I truly wish I did just to know why so many people talk about how useful they are and how important it is to read

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Bri89 · 31-35, M

It isn't more efficient in my opinion. If watching a video helps you that is just as valid as reading. The information does not have to come from a book to be valid. A lot of people recommend books because, for the longest time in human history, books were the only way to attain information. It was the only piece of media we had at our disposal and the best way to communicate at that time.

Judging by what you wrote, you are a visual learner. And in some cases, I can be as well. We learn different ways depending on what we're trying to learn.