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E342. America Has A Literacy Crisis And It’s Not What You Think - Dumpster Fire
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- Aug 19, 2026
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Summary
America has a literacy crisis and the teachers are going viral on TikTok crying about it. Gambling is more popular than reading. Harvard students are using ChatGPT to translate A Clockwork Orange because they think it's in Old English. Bridget breaks down how we got here and who's actually to blame. #LiteracyCrisis #EndOfReading #DumpsterFire Topics covered: literacy crisis, end of reading, Atlantic magazine literacy, teachers TikTok crying, AI and books, ChatGPT replacing reading...