Compression is fine for consuming information. But people need to be both consuming and generating knowledge in order to understand concepts beyond summary points.
Generating knowledge is an exercise in compression. It is helpful to deliver insights to readers. Consuming knowledge is important to keep your pulse in your field. Only consuming leads can create an illusion of understanding but no real usable knowledge that can provide value to the community.
The issue is that we live in an information glut and one can now live a life spending all their time consuming, but never creating for themselves.
Generating knowledge is an exercise in compression. It is helpful to deliver insights to readers. Consuming knowledge is important to keep your pulse in your field. Only consuming leads can create an illusion of understanding but no real usable knowledge that can provide value to the community.
The issue is that we live in an information glut and one can now live a life spending all their time consuming, but never creating for themselves.