What Not Reading Costs Men — and Everyone Else
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What Not Reading Costs Men — and Everyone Else
We can blame government or capitalism or any number of things, but it’s hard not to see a social shift—a collective reduction in empathy, Xochitl Gonzalez writes.
“This shouldn’t be surprising. Empathy is cultivated through interactions with people we don’t know well, those glimpses into other interior worlds,” Gonzal... See more
instagram.comNever before has so much culture been available to so many at such little cost.
There’s just one tiny problem.
Where’s the audience? The supply of culture is HUGE and GROWING. But the demand side of the equation is ugly.
In many cases—newspaper subscribers, album purchases, movie tickets sold, etc.—the metrics have been shrinking or even collapsing.
... See moreTed Gioia • The State of the Culture
