Now is the age of constant reading. Tweets, this caption, brief texts, news headlines and ChatGPT abominations. At the same time, we’re losing the ability to think, and act upon that thinking. People read b o o k s rarely, too. Today I am doing an experiment and reading first chapter of one of my favourite meta-books, that being, a reading on... reading! In this video, I read from the opening of Sven Birkerts Gutenberg Elegies, its very first chapter. Then, I share my commentary as a media researcher, multimedia artist, inventor and cultural critic. I will dive into the ways in which screens, digital media, and hyper-speed information flows do now shape our minds, our culture, and our children’s futures in 99% degree (any hope?) Why “more reading” doesn’t mean better understanding? How screens shorten our attention and weaken deep thought? Subtle ways technology erodes autonomy and historical awareness! Why younger generations are losing the habit of reading books. Is inevitable, is it... a good thing? What’s at stake for imagination and independent thinking when AI does {creative} work instead of us while we monotonously type and copy and paste. Let this be a kind of !urgent! call to rethink how we balance books and screens in our daily lives. Comment: how do you keep deep reading alive in mostly distracted world? What are your opinions on anything rom that book or my media analysis? Would love to discuss. #Reading #DigitalAge #BookCommentary #Culture #AttentionSpan #Audiobooks #bookreading