Economist: Book Readers Know Vastly More Than Podcast Listeners
paulnovosad · x · 2026-11-08
Economist Paul Novosad: people in their 40s who have read a lot of books "know so damn much about everything," while podcast consumers are nowhere close. Responding to the take that books are a bad format and essays/podcasts/ChatGPT suffice, he argues society needs people with deep knowledge — and urges others to be one of them.
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