There was no way to catch up on a TV show or film that you missed before VHS tapes were commonplace, or take them at your own pace, so novels still had a huge advantage.
People often use the terms for mental disorders such as OCD, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, ADHD, Borderline etc… to label people’s behavior without knowing much about the person’s history, what they are going through, or even what the symptoms of those disorders actually are.
Maybe life exists on 1 planet out of a trillion. But maybe it exists on 1 planet out of 5. Both are possible, and we don't have enough info for a better estimate.