Reading is... BAD For You Actually

Please help us continue having these discussions by supporting us over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SolomonSmith The smartphone has quietly assassinated humanity's greatest invention. In this discussion, we explore the decline of deep reading. An obligatory video for all book-based channels. We look at the atomic annihilation of literacy, attention spans, memory, and critical thinking. A crazy Faustian twist: though we have access to more information than ever before, we are actually losing the ability to read and think. Topics discussed: Why smartphones are changing the way our brains process information The decline of reading for pleasure AI, ChatGPT, and the miserable future of literacy Gen Z, attention spans, and digital culture Books vs. short-form gunk The printing press, literacy, and the miserable future of 'civilisation'