I couldn’t disagree with this more. I’ll point to the book “Amusing Ourselves To Death” by Neil Postman as my counter argument.
The human brain processes visual information 60,000x faster than text. Humans are visual processors, not text processors. Images hit the brain instantly. Words take work. That's why a single SpaceX launch video communicates more than a thousand-word essay—and why your slide decks hit harder than paragraphs. We're wired for pictures, not prose.