This is good. H/t @jvl.bsky.social
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy
The truth is going out of business as technology turns us into a folk-story society, ripe for influence by a demagogue.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:42 AM
This is good. H/t @jvl.bsky.social
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy open.substack.com/pub/mattdpea...
America Is Entering a 'Postliterate' Age
Atlantic story explores the collapse of reading in the US
The US is steadily losing the habit—and capacity—for deep, sustained reading that once shaped everything from individual thinking to democratic life.
Atlantic story explores the collapse of reading in the US
The US is steadily losing the habit—and capacity—for deep, sustained reading that once shaped everything from individual thinking to democratic life.
America Is Entering a 'Postliterate' Age
Atlantic story explores the collapse of reading in the US
www.newser.com
July 13, 2026 at 2:35 AM
America Is Entering a 'Postliterate' Age
Atlantic story explores the collapse of reading in the US
The US is steadily losing the habit—and capacity—for deep, sustained reading that once shaped everything from individual thinking to democratic life.
Atlantic story explores the collapse of reading in the US
The US is steadily losing the habit—and capacity—for deep, sustained reading that once shaped everything from individual thinking to democratic life.
The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era?
The Age of Reading Is Over
Can civilization survive the postliterate era?
bit.ly
July 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era?
The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era?
The Age of Reading Is Over
Can civilization survive the postliterate era?
bit.ly
July 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era?
Journalism’s fight for survival in a postliterate democracy. “The work of obtaining facts has a major economic disadvantage against the production of bullshit, and it’s only getting worse.” [mattdpearce.substack.com]
Journalism’s fight for survival in a postliterate democracy
The truth is going out of business as technology turns us into a folk-story society, ripe for influence by a demagogue.
mattdpearce.substack.com
November 12, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Journalism’s fight for survival in a postliterate democracy. “The work of obtaining facts has a major economic disadvantage against the production of bullshit, and it’s only getting worse.” [mattdpearce.substack.com]
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September 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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September 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"The result is essentially insane and postliterate. But it is also pretty much legible for those steeped in online culture. It is coherent incoherence, everything reacting to everything else, all at once."
Not sure how to summarize this one. Wrote about the podcaster-occupied government invading for content, how the algorithmic internet is governed by the logic of reaction videos, and how it has contributed to a very nihilistic illiterate politics and culture of performance for imagined audiences
Everything Reacting to Everything, All at Once
Why the Trump administration is posting messages like “THIS IS OUR HEMISPHERE” after the attack on Venezuela
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:34 AM
"The result is essentially insane and postliterate. But it is also pretty much legible for those steeped in online culture. It is coherent incoherence, everything reacting to everything else, all at once."
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September 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Postliterate society, not sure I've heard that before but it fits
December 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Postliterate society, not sure I've heard that before but it fits
Text is no longer the medium that we use to spread information or culture—a change that will have “really far-reaching effects,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social argues. She speaks with @hannarosin.bsky.social about what happens when a society becomes “postliterate”:
Is the Age of Reading Over?
Rose Horowitch on her cover story and what happens when a society becomes “postliterate”
bit.ly
July 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Text is no longer the medium that we use to spread information or culture—a change that will have “really far-reaching effects,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social argues. She speaks with @hannarosin.bsky.social about what happens when a society becomes “postliterate”:
“For one thing, in losing or weakening the social pervasiveness of deep reading, we may be placing explosives in the structural foundation of our liberal political order. The postliterate society may also be a postliberal one.”
@commonwealmagazine.org
www.commonwealmagazine.org/montas-roose...
@commonwealmagazine.org
www.commonwealmagazine.org/montas-roose...
Why Read?
The postliterate society may also be a postliberal one.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
May 24, 2026 at 3:28 PM
“For one thing, in losing or weakening the social pervasiveness of deep reading, we may be placing explosives in the structural foundation of our liberal political order. The postliterate society may also be a postliberal one.”
@commonwealmagazine.org
www.commonwealmagazine.org/montas-roose...
@commonwealmagazine.org
www.commonwealmagazine.org/montas-roose...
part of me wonders if part of this is a symptom of our increasingly postliterate society, but naturally a large part of it is garden variety dipshit gutter racism
April 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
part of me wonders if part of this is a symptom of our increasingly postliterate society, but naturally a large part of it is garden variety dipshit gutter racism
The poptimists and sloptimists have won. Our new issue, “After Words,” describes our postliterate moment, when everything from serious criticism to literary fiction to children’s books seems on the verge of being replaced by content trash.
thebaffler.com/issues/no-81
thebaffler.com/issues/no-81
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The poptimists and sloptimists have won. Our new issue, “After Words,” describes our postliterate moment, when everything from serious criticism to literary fiction to children’s books seems on the verge of being replaced by content trash.
thebaffler.com/issues/no-81
thebaffler.com/issues/no-81
The world is not postliterate.
At times, & especially in the reception, a parochial story about US is masquerading as a story about humanity & civilization.
Post-literacy might spread, but that would require it becoming part of a cultural imperialist project, which bring me to my main point.
5/
At times, & especially in the reception, a parochial story about US is masquerading as a story about humanity & civilization.
Post-literacy might spread, but that would require it becoming part of a cultural imperialist project, which bring me to my main point.
5/
July 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The world is not postliterate.
At times, & especially in the reception, a parochial story about US is masquerading as a story about humanity & civilization.
Post-literacy might spread, but that would require it becoming part of a cultural imperialist project, which bring me to my main point.
5/
At times, & especially in the reception, a parochial story about US is masquerading as a story about humanity & civilization.
Post-literacy might spread, but that would require it becoming part of a cultural imperialist project, which bring me to my main point.
5/
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September 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era? theatln.tc/l2Xk9ATe
🎨: The Atlantic
🎨: The Atlantic
July 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era? theatln.tc/l2Xk9ATe
🎨: The Atlantic
🎨: The Atlantic
YES: "The biggest story about media and the internet is that new technology — AI, social media, smartphones, etc. — keeps driving down the cost of producing bullshit while the cost of obtaining quality information only goes up." - @mattdpearce.bsky.social
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy
The truth is going out of business as technology turns us into a folk-story society, ripe for influence by a demagogue.
mattdpearce.substack.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:57 AM
YES: "The biggest story about media and the internet is that new technology — AI, social media, smartphones, etc. — keeps driving down the cost of producing bullshit while the cost of obtaining quality information only goes up." - @mattdpearce.bsky.social
This rings true to me. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy
The truth is going out of business as technology turns us into a folk-story society, ripe for influence by a demagogue.
mattdpearce.substack.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:37 PM
This rings true to me. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era? theatln.tc/l2Xk9ATe
🎨: The Atlantic
🎨: The Atlantic
July 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era? theatln.tc/l2Xk9ATe
🎨: The Atlantic
🎨: The Atlantic
an insightful but grim read
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy
The truth is going out of business as technology turns us into a folk-story society, ripe for influence by a demagogue.
mattdpearce.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM
an insightful but grim read
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
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September 22, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Where we are. An important essay from our friend @scottmonty.com.
The Postliterate Heart
open.substack.com/pub/scottmon...
The Postliterate Heart
open.substack.com/pub/scottmon...
The Postliterate Heart
Why the disappearance of deep reading is quietly costing us the empathy that holds teams — and civilizations — together.
open.substack.com
July 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Where we are. An important essay from our friend @scottmonty.com.
The Postliterate Heart
open.substack.com/pub/scottmon...
The Postliterate Heart
open.substack.com/pub/scottmon...
"The biggest story about media and the internet is that new technology — AI, social media, smartphones, etc. — keeps driving down the cost of producing bullshit while the cost of obtaining quality information only goes up."
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy
The truth is going out of business as technology turns us into a folk-story society, ripe for influence by a demagogue.
mattdpearce.substack.com
November 11, 2024 at 11:44 PM
"The biggest story about media and the internet is that new technology — AI, social media, smartphones, etc. — keeps driving down the cost of producing bullshit while the cost of obtaining quality information only goes up."
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalism...
Great comment by "The Atlantic" staff writer Rose Horowich. "postliterate world". This definitely explains the mass stupidity that has envelopes the U.S., especially our functionally illiterate President.
July 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Great comment by "The Atlantic" staff writer Rose Horowich. "postliterate world". This definitely explains the mass stupidity that has envelopes the U.S., especially our functionally illiterate President.