The Age of Reading Is Over

According to Hacker News, a piece from The Atlantic titled "The Age of Reading Is Over" is drawing discussion this week. The essay frames what it calls a reading crisis and the onset of a postliterate age. Beyond the headline, the details sit behind the magazine's page, but the topic clearly struck a nerve — it's climbed onto the front page with a small but active comment thread already forming.

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