Discussion: What Do We Lose When We Stop Reading?

There are far easier ways to enjoy ourselves then by picking up a book and to learn something it's often easier to find video content than books. Also, reading is something solitary whereas we can enjoy movies and series with other people.

So why read? What does it add to our human experience?
Let's chat about it over drinks!

Here are 2 articles for reference but feel free to join us even if you don't get a chance to read.
Reading books made a Man out of me by Shilo Brooks
The Dawn of the Postliterate society by James Marriott