Derek Thompson

They'd prefer to watch television, watch videos, maybe read but only in the chunks offered by X, Twitter, What's so wrong about that? Why should we be concerned about this outcome?

They'd prefer to watch television, watch videos, maybe read but only in the chunks offered by X, Twitter, What's so wrong about that? Why should we be concerned about this outcome?

You mentioned that some states are sowing phonics back into their young child literacy education policies. And anything else? What gives you cause for optimism in this space?

You mentioned that some states are sowing phonics back into their young child literacy education policies. And anything else? What gives you cause for optimism in this space?

You mentioned that some states are sowing phonics back into their young child literacy education policies. And anything else? What gives you cause for optimism in this space?

Nat Malkus, thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Many thanks to Nat, many thanks to Rose.

Nat Malkus, thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Many thanks to Nat, many thanks to Rose.

Nat Malkus, thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Many thanks to Nat, many thanks to Rose.

I think one thing for me to take away from this episode is not just the fact that elite college students are reading fewer books, or that leisure reading is declining across the country, or that reading scores are declining for many Americans at the fourth and eighth grade level, but rather to remind us, remind myself of the context here.

I think one thing for me to take away from this episode is not just the fact that elite college students are reading fewer books, or that leisure reading is declining across the country, or that reading scores are declining for many Americans at the fourth and eighth grade level, but rather to remind us, remind myself of the context here.

I think one thing for me to take away from this episode is not just the fact that elite college students are reading fewer books, or that leisure reading is declining across the country, or that reading scores are declining for many Americans at the fourth and eighth grade level, but rather to remind us, remind myself of the context here.

that this is all happening during a period where literate culture seems to be giving way to a more oral culture, as Walter Ong called it. And this involves not just a shift in the way that we communicate information, it involves a shift in the texture of thought, in the culture of thought, in the kind of ideas that go aerodynamic. And I want to keep thinking about this.

that this is all happening during a period where literate culture seems to be giving way to a more oral culture, as Walter Ong called it. And this involves not just a shift in the way that we communicate information, it involves a shift in the texture of thought, in the culture of thought, in the kind of ideas that go aerodynamic. And I want to keep thinking about this.

that this is all happening during a period where literate culture seems to be giving way to a more oral culture, as Walter Ong called it. And this involves not just a shift in the way that we communicate information, it involves a shift in the texture of thought, in the culture of thought, in the kind of ideas that go aerodynamic. And I want to keep thinking about this.

Maybe I'll have Joe Eisenthal on the show to talk about his big ideas on this, because I really do think this is a profound shift, a shift away from the book, the text, reading as the centerpiece of education toward a kind of educational philosophy that sees books as, as I said earlier, just one other planet in the solar system.

Maybe I'll have Joe Eisenthal on the show to talk about his big ideas on this, because I really do think this is a profound shift, a shift away from the book, the text, reading as the centerpiece of education toward a kind of educational philosophy that sees books as, as I said earlier, just one other planet in the solar system.

Maybe I'll have Joe Eisenthal on the show to talk about his big ideas on this, because I really do think this is a profound shift, a shift away from the book, the text, reading as the centerpiece of education toward a kind of educational philosophy that sees books as, as I said earlier, just one other planet in the solar system.

I think something important is happening here and I'd love to explore it further. Thanks for listening and we'll talk to you next week.

I think something important is happening here and I'd love to explore it further. Thanks for listening and we'll talk to you next week.

I think something important is happening here and I'd love to explore it further. Thanks for listening and we'll talk to you next week.