My issue with reading (nonfiction) books these days is that they’re essentially extended opinion pieces. While I am open to learning a talking head’s perspective (not everyone who gets a book deal is necessarily an expert in their topic), my main gripe is that many writers don’t incorporate a multifaceted point of view on their subject. I don’t expect encyclopedic information, or comprehensive analysis, but I think including choice perspectives across the entire history of a given subject matter is important. Otherwise, I’ll just chat with a bot about the topic, and get text books or journal articles for deeper understanding. Book writers need to do a better job, maybe we need digital books that enable chatting with the author’s book/bot. Free idea for whoever has the bandwidth to do it.