Is The West Becoming 'Post Literate?'

Is The West Becoming 'Post Literate?' David Strom 12:00 PM | July 10, 2026 AP Photo/Saurabh Das These days, just about everybody can read, at least a little. Well, unless they went to an urban public school in, say, Chicago. Then all bets are off. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); But what younger people can't do is READ, as in absorb even a short essay, no less a book. Attention spans used to be measured in hours, then in minutes, and now in seconds.

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