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In your opinion is reading War and Peace the same accomplishment as listening to the audiobook? Why or why not? (fedinsfw.app)
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I love audiobooks and consume them frequently but I personally don't call it reading. It doesn't feel like the same activity to me. What do you think?

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago

There's a wider spectrum of "consuming audiobook" than of "reading."

Listening to that audobook so it's easier to take notes? Definitely as good as reading.

Audiobook on while you're on the treadmill? I guess there's some people who can read on the treadmill, so maybe it's similar, but it strikes me as very different levels of attention and likely recall.

Audiobook on while you do chores, cook, or write some other project? Definitely not equivalent to reading.

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