The reading decline is a supply problem, not a demand problem
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-10-14
Resharing NatPurser's take alongside a Jacobin piece: social malaise is 'less a demand problem, more a supply problem.' People don't want AI slop or romantasy smut — there's dormant demand for high-caliber art and cognitively demanding alternatives to scrolling, if only supply existed. Screens aren't killing reading; consolidated corporate publishing made books pricier, more generic, and harder to find.
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