The Identity Shift No One Is Talking About: Why You Prefer Feeds Over Books (And Feel Guilty About It)
The real reason you’re not reading books isn’t a lack of attention span. It’s an identity shift. You no longer need to signal being ‘well-read’; you need to signal being ‘connected and curious.’ The guilty pleasure of feeds is actually a new way of being an intellectual—one that’s community-driven, fragmented, and infinitely more relevant to the modern world. The apology stops here.