Worried student hiding behind notebook and sitting between two friends. Three fellow students preparing for exam on sofa in library. Education and exam concept. AI is answering more. Gen Z is reading ...

What does it mean to truly “read” in a world dominated by artificial intelligence? Picture this: you’re scrolling through endless news feeds, toggling between AI-generated summaries, and diving into ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...