‘Postliterate’ era dawns as internet attacks attention spans

A quiet crisis is transforming human civilization: the rapid death of reading and the rise of a “postliterate” society. The average human attention span may now be mere seconds.

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Recent studies show a staggering decline in reading books. On the other hand, there’s a sharp increase in other media. People are actually now finding it much harder to focus on a book even they we wanted to. DW speaks to Rose Horowitch, who recently wrote a viral article titled “The End of Reading is Here.” And she explored a phenomenon many are probably familiar with.

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