Books are actually usually written by humans. In fact they often serve as a device for condensing, organizing, and transmitting one human's collected insights on a topic to many thousands of other humans. It's pretty efficient and effective.
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Yeah they certainly have their place, but I would never put them above human contact. I'd go insane.
At that point it seemed obvious to me that he was kidding.
Seriously? Comes across as slightly sad to me.
The top priority on everyones list should be friends+family IMHO. Everything else is just 'stuff'.
Also I'd say there's far more to be learned/gained/enjoyed from other human beings than in any book.