What Can Books Give You That You've Never Heard Before?

"Your retention on the stuff you read is the most of anyone I've ever spoken to as well. You get me this close to wanting to read a book." "I don't even listen to podcasts. I watch them. I would never listen to a podcast," he says. 'You know, if we're just thinking of an audiobook right now, like in the space of like five hours, you can listen to literally decades of someone's experience in five hours'