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Why we avoid deep reading in digital spaces

I bookmark articles to read later but never go back to them and just keep consuming more surface-level content instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The habit of skimming has weakened the capacity for sustained attention that deeper understanding requires.

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