AI Is Killing Deep Reading: Finishing a Book Will Become a Performative Feat Like a Half-Marathon
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-27
A lifelong heavy reader admits he's read far fewer full books in the past year, finding interactive learning with AI more stimulating than passive reading; he now only listens to audiobooks, with worse retention.
His broader take: for younger generations, finishing a full-length book in a short time will increasingly be a performative act—done mostly to say they did it, like running a half-marathon—and he's pessimistic that most young people will gain the deep knowledge that long reading once provided.
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