Does the decline of book reading mark the end of rational thinking?

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology at 12 Oct, 00:00 UTC

Nature, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03224-7 Smartphones and artificial intelligence are undermining our ability to follow a complex argument, with grave consequences.

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• T1Does the decline of book reading mark the end of rational thinking?Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology12 Oct, 00:00