What we are seeing is not less exposure to text, but a fundamental shift in the nature of that exposure. The immersive arc of narrative is giving way to the skimmable feed. Syntax shortens, attention fractures, the very architecture of thought begins to mimic the medium.
Carl Hendrick • Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us

Opinion | Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good
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