’A reading group produces conversation, surprise, challenge, emotional commitment‘: Reading in the AI Era

“Someone who knows how to ask a question is someone with critical thinking”.

Originally published on Global Voices

Screeshot of an episode of the podcast La biblioteca imaginaria (The imaginary library). Fair use.

Technology and online life have changed reading habits and, sometimes, the immediacy screens provide has displaced printed books which are a slower and more selective space.

Although it's true that digital access has increased the possibilities of reading, it's also true that it has broken up attention...