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.

I disagree because writing as art is irreducible

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Honestly I don’t think this is new

Most people didn’t read before either - I’d say the percentage is about the same

It's not over for me either. But I understand that is not the case for many.  It appears that many people won't read anything longer than a headline and that can be misleading, as we know. I just hope it's not the majority of the populace (but I fear that it is).

I mostly quote casted it, because I love reading and it's not over for me, not even close, I haven't even begun - I don't want to understand the book (not always) - I often want to live the book, and the only way to do that is to read it

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Honestly there are people who think this way about food as well and I do not get it.

To me, this is like saying - there's this machine that can automatically make food, so there's no need to make food ever again, in fact cooking is over

Cooking is an act of love - and that isn't something that you can just replace, unless you don't feel that way

I've never once asked chatgpt for a bullet pointed list of something I wanted to read. I don't know. I generally do not read for "information." Seems like the real problem is that we've lost the plot in what reading is even for.

"Writing as art is irreducible."

Indeed!

Reading is among my greatest pleasures in life, and words are my favorite artistic medium. 

The wordsmith arts will live on.

Such a sad and sweet quote all in one, still better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Also a wild thing to read with my newborn on my chest.