I’m pretty sure old-school reading is just over. When people have a long article or even a book to read they’re just going to ask ChatGPT to bullet point it for them anyways. I already see this happening. The problem is that reading had important neurological and psychological effects that were upstream from democratic society and politics in general. We are going back to premodern oral culture.

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I think this could be true for a lot of self-help-ish, business, and other types of non-fiction.

But it may actually drive people deeper into fictional worlds.