We underestimate reading

When I was a kid I was fascinated by books. I liked moslty ilustrations that matched to the stories. I loved every single detail in those. I remeber having this one book that had little to no text but big amazing ilustrations with lots of small details. I would stare at one single page for an hour. Growing up I found the content of the book even better. But around adolescence I couldn't find anything interesting. I thought I knew everything and reading is pointless because there's no more knew knowledge for me. 'That is so stupid' was what came to my mind a little later when I looked at my parents full bookshelves 'I need to change that mindset, that's the stupidest thing I ever heard myself say'. So i bought books, more serious this time. I fell in love with Albert Camus' work. Sylvia's Plath and few japaneese authors. I tried vey hard to give books a chance again and it worekd. It may not be my favourite thing in the world but i grew fond of it. Some types of love need a little more time and work. That goes for relationships too. I still don't read much but I admire readers very much. Books make us truly more intelligent and bring something to our lives and minds that no other form can. How much knowledge is included in books is underestimated. There's a book for everything and everyone. Also I feel like people these days don't put as much attention to books as they once did. Internet and social media took it away. People don't seek knowledge anymore and with AI developing I wonder how will this look in a few years. I guess we'll see but what I think we should do is take the harder way. Not ask google or chatGPT for answers but look for them in books. It may seem funny, something that your grandpa would say. But I truly believe that's worth something