Noah Smith and Rohit Krishnan defend books as highly information-dense against claims that AI tools render reading obsolete
— Smith says only papers and Wikipedia exceed book density
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Sentiment
Pos75%
Neg25%
Positive users praise books' cognitive depth, dense sourcing, and resistance to distillation over AI, while negative users criticize modern non-fiction as padded and low-value.