Reading is widely, massively promoted in schools, for all the right intentions (it really is a very important and enriching foundational skill), but to such an

Reading is widely, massively promoted in schools, for all the right intentions (it really is a very important and enriching foundational skill), but to such an overwhelming extent that we sometimes forget that reading is a form of consumption, not a truly unalloyed good. The art of consumption - whether media, food, sex, resources, or otherwise - is in consuming the right amount of the right stuff.