Or maybe you just don't like reading?;) There are such people, I know. Or are you not fluent in English?
Personally, I read all the texts in maps because they can indeed contain useful information, but when you are bombarded with an entire chapter from the history of this world all at once, it tires me out too!
By the way, I haven't played through the map "To Kill for Power" myself, but I have it in my collection as one of the best, and sooner or later I will try to play it.