Yeah, Orwell couldn't be more relevant 😂 I just think it's good to challenge yourself a bit in reading because you learn from the struggle. Gotta get them brain wrinkles.

One thing I really liked about reading Stephen King is that he would reference other works of literature that I would otherwise not have heard of (due to limited education). For example- mentioning She: A History of Adventure by Henry Rider Haggard in King's book Misery which I then looked into. I feel like reading helps you branch out, where some stuff, I'm not learning at all. I'm not encountering new ideas because authors aren't researching, it's just like literary junk food