This week on The Hope Axis, Dylan O’Sullivan joins to talk about the classics and their second life online.

We get into reading in the age of TikTok and AI, and whether people today can still take on long, difficult books, along with the experience of going back to books and seeing them differently over time. Hope you enjoy.

For the full transcript of our conversation, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fGdRmgt7ZO6MKGzd6sHUX15n3q5QBINl/view?usp=sharing

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Show Notes:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:33) The Right Age to Start Reading The Classics

(07:53) The Feeling of Cultural Stagnation

(12:22) How to Find Good Books