That is a major contributing factor to TFA's observations. It's also a vicious cycle -- younger people get pulled into information ecosystems that encourage, o

That is a major contributing factor to TFA's observations. It's also a vicious cycle -- younger people get pulled into information ecosystems that encourage, or only support, short text and video content. They then get used to those formats and find longer forms off-putting. I see this happening with my kids, who won't read anything longer than a paragraph online. I have found that buying them physical books and cajoling them to read eventually works. They tell me they're surprised they enjoyed reading a novel. Then they go back to Twitter and TikTok. I wonder if and how schools are contributing to this.