1. Quality and information-density vary widely. The author of the post lists some of the least useful (but popular) business books, but there are better ones. The benchmark for me is does the book contains specific, actionable recommendations I can use to bootstrap how I do something I don't already know how to do well and want to get started. If it doesn't it really is just fluff.
2. Even if these books are not that rich in applicable advice, if you read the book and reflect on it and maybe 1% of it is relevant to you and results in some new ideas, is it not worth it?
3. All of these business books now have alternative, compressed representations on YouTube, podcasts, and blogs. Asking a chatbot to review a few of those and produce a summary is often more efficient than reading the book itself. Usually these books have enough content worth for a 3 pages long summary, not for an entire book. And of course you can also listen to an interview with the author or a review from a trustworthy critic, or watch a video.
2. Even if these books are not that rich in applicable advice, if you read the book and reflect on it and maybe 1% of it is relevant to you and results in some new ideas, is it not worth it?
3. All of these business books now have alternative, compressed representations on YouTube, podcasts, and blogs. Asking a chatbot to review a few of those and produce a summary is often more efficient than reading the book itself. Usually these books have enough content worth for a 3 pages long summary, not for an entire book. And of course you can also listen to an interview with the author or a review from a trustworthy critic, or watch a video.