'You Can Get Smart Without Books' Sparks Debate Over Deep Reading

A claim that books are nothing special and one can become smart without reading sparked debate, with critics citing category theory's reliance on citable theorems and asking whether deep, extended texts can be replaced by short videos in the AI era.

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