TechMeme July 10, 2026
How the internet, smartphones, social media, and now generative AI are accelerating a drop in the reading of longer works like books (Rose Horowitch/The Atlantic)
King Ptolemy I of Egypt assembled a collection of written works 2,300 years ago. The internet, smartphones, and social media have contributed to a decline in reading longer works. Generative AI is now accelerating this trend.