All the texts say that in order to gain release one should render the mind quiescent; therefore their conclusive teaching is that the mind should be rendered quiescent; once this has been understood there is no need for endless reading.
"Behavior cannot be divorced from its adaptive context."
"The act of reading is an act of empathy. You are stepping into someone else's shoes, seeing the world through their eyes."
Every species has its own unique value and survival significance.
Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?