# Rose Horowitch - The End of Reading Is Here (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/62157018) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Rose Horowitch]] **Full Title**:: The End of Reading Is Here **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [www.theatlantic.com](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/) **Host**:: [[www.theatlantic.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2026-07-20]] **Created**:: [[2026-07-25]] ## Highlights - The paradox is that although video contains more information than text—not just language but sounds and moving images—it does not stimulate deeper thinking. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kxzwj0fexw6krnpk06v281mz)) ^1035941662 - Speakers can’t edit their words the way writers can, so they press on without admitting their mistakes. If they later contradict themselves, they don’t expect the audience to recall their earlier statements. Meaning depends on the identity of the speaker, not on any concept of objective truth. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kxzwxb30r5s76gv6jncd0yrw)) ^1035942587 - Now information moves horizontally, from young person to young person. This dynamic makes figures such as MrBeast and TheBurntPeanut the guardians of American culture. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kxzzckzw0agp7j6w0nht2vf0)) ^1035950610