Everything about this is wrong.

You are certainly no advertisement for your own program. You write badly, you desperately need to be edited, there are several mistakes, and your arguments are jaw-droppers like, “Most books are 90% fluff and not worth your time.” (Has it ever occurred to you that it’s likely even worse with podcasts because of the low barrier to entry?)

You’re an English major who has no feel for the English language. You shouldn’t be lecturing us on what “smart people” do.

The worst is that you simply have no idea at all why readers read. Take these paragraphs:

But even if you’re a good skimmer, it can still take 2–3 hours to get through a 200–300 page book.

And what do you typically end up with? Maybe one or two interesting or useful ideas.

This is horribly inefficient at best. Tragically so, when you consider the accumulated opportunity cost over time.

It’s funny, but when I finish a good book, I am sad that it’s over — I wish it would have taken longer to read.

I note that your site has a list of books that changed your life, and none of them is fiction. I was not surprised.

Does the word “savor” really have no meaning for you?