I feel like focusing on whether we read too little or too much is missing the point. There are things to be gained from a meticulous read and deep discussion of

I feel like focusing on whether we read too little or too much is missing the point. There are things to be gained from a meticulous read and deep discussion of Pride and Prejudice via a book club, but there are also things to be gained from watching shallow educational channels on Youtube. Likewise, there are things to be lost from spending all your time reading every classic just as there are things to be lost from binging Youtube. It's not black and white, but it is a zero-sum game. IMHO, what matters more is what you're hoping to get out of deep reading and/or shallow infotainment. Maybe reading the Odyssey leads you into lateral shallow entertainment regarding different mythological figures. Maybe a Vsauce video leads you down into deep reading about game theory. Who gets to say which of these activities is "wasted" time?