The Death of Reading
As Americans abandon books for screens and simpler entertainment, the literary traditions that shaped Western civilization are fading with them.
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Last January, I went blind in my left eye, the result of a botched cataract surgery. One of my first thoughts was will I still be able to write? It was instantly followed by will I still be able to read? The concept of life without visually intaking or outputting words, stories, and books seemed to me an unbearable tragedy. I was spared this fate by God, only to learn about too many people choosing it for themselves. A depressing new cover story by Rose Horowitch in The Atlantic, “The End of Reading is Here,” chronicles the cataclysmic decline in reading this century, which bodes ill for the rest of it.The article cites a National Endowment for the Arts survey that found fewer than half of all adults reported having read a book of any kind in 2022.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.
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