> the amount of information on the web itself dwarfed anything available in books<p>Yes but that information has turned out to be largely shallow and meaningless noise. For example, if you're searching for anything of substantial importance - something like "why do I feel an aching sense of spiritual emptiness" - all you get are blog posts citing other blog posts with titles such as "7 ways to feel more happy and boost your self esteem, with pictures."<p>Books are more authoritative than websites. In an age where folks complain of a post-fact society, we should return to books as a source of confidence in absolute truth.