Reading develops empathy apparently.

I read a number of online articles related to a variety of issues. For pleasure i turn on an audible book or a podcast and go for a drive. Sometimes after work i drive for an hour or so just so i can consume a bit of a book. Perhaps i'm not recieving the deepest value by listening but judging by the images in my head....my mind is still getting the benefit by listening that i would by reading.

My mom read to me as a child....the books she read to me are etched in my mind to this day....and i only listened to those....