The reading crisis is a global thing. It is likely linked more to the rise of social media than to the advent of the current AI era, and it doesn't look like it's changing anytime soon. We might be heading into an illiterate age.
It is a problem that 30% of those who do not read are reporting that it's because they can't focus on ready, but that number might have been the same through out the years.
proverbs wouldn't have stood the test of time if they were books.
I'm countering that saying most books are too verbose to be worth the time spent reading them.