Convince me to read books

Why should I be on the internet when all the information I could ever want is thoroughly described in books?

if you want to read, do; if you dont, dont. the only argument for reading is that you like doing it.

Because you don't know what you need to know.

Because on the internet it's just 1 click away

if all the information you could ever want is on the internet you can't want a lot of good information

because what you're getting on the internet are small fragments of information. bytes. if you want to have any real indepth knowledge on anything, just browsing on the internet isnt enough. you have to read whatever sources you can, sometimes in books, to form indepth and knowledgeable opinions about certain topics.
and for fiction, this question doesn't really apply. reading about harry potter on the internet isn't the same as reading harry potter. same thing applies to any fictional book

OP, have you ever been interested in something, read all the wikipedia articles covering the topic, dug up whatever other links you can find, and then found yourself still wanting to learn more about it? Maybe all the information you found on webpages rehashed the same few points.

If not, keep browsing until you find something you actually want to learn more about. But when you do, you will almost certainly find a book or books covering the subject (and related background material you might not've been aware of), which you should then read.

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Because you're an idiot.

Not an argument