I'd want to add a bit of nuance to that, as bright lights hurt my eyes and induce headaches (sometimes migraines).
For that reason I really like overhead lights as:
1. You can easily fit a larger number of overhead lights (e.g. 6 overhead lights vs 2 eye-level task lights)
2. For equivalent lighting in a room say x lumens, each overhead light must be x/6, whereas the 2 eye-level lights would be x/3 lumens, much brighter.
3. Because the lights are overhead, they're not in my vision, yet light up the objects in my room.
I still have 5 eye-level lamps in my living room, but they supplement the overhead lights which always give a base amount of light, and allow the lamps to be less bright. Every time I turn off the overhead lights I see too little, and if I turn up my lamps to see better, it is too bright for the comfort of my eyes.
It's akin to driving: I like having a sun above me, when it's low in the sky before dusk and shining in my eyes, it sucks, even though objects are less bright and visible than midday, simply because of the positioning of the light vis-a-vis my eyes.