200 pages.

Podcasts, videos, and articles.

That’s what I wrote about on Sunday. But, what about the primary way that I consume content? Books.

Why books?

I love how thought out they are. There’s structure. I can form a fuller picture and a greater overall understanding of a topic. Take Ronald Reagan, for example, whom I recently read a book about. Let’s imagine that you want to attain an understanding of his overall life and learn about who he was before, during, and after the presidency.

Hearing a podcast could about him have been a great way to learn. But, probably only as a good introduction. There might have been some good information provided yet likely without many sources for follow-up research.

Watching a video might have been great. There are, of course, many great videos about Ronald Reagan. But, my hesitancy there is the ease of watching. You can’t exactly highlight a particular sentence or two in the video. And while this might be a great way to gain content, what if you wanted to only learn about a portion of his presidency?

Finally, an article, there are plenty of those. Especially during his 8 years in office, he was written about and reported on a lot. So, there is no lack of supply in articles about Ronald Reagan. Yet, those could be more subjective pieces and provide, again, less of a full…