The AI Fundamentalists
The AI Fundamentalists
Dr. Andrew Clark & Dr. Sid Mangalik
AI and the lost art of reading
46 minutes Posted Mar 3, 2026 at 6:00 am.
Alisa's intro and shared reading lists
Mental models and decision making
Psychology, sci‑fi, and therapy
Existentialism and literary parallels
The reading decline by the numbers
Attention, noise, and human limits
How much to read and why
Volume versus quality of reading
Interdisciplinary thinking and AI
Patterns, cycles, and geopolitics
History, trade, and city building
Fiction as cultural sensor
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As information sources have become abundant and attention spans have shortened in the age of AI, we take on the lost art of reading. Join us to explore why reading rates are falling, how that shift affects judgment and opportunity, and how interdisciplinary books help us see patterns across history, economics, and technology. To help us, Alisa Rusanoff, CEO of Eltech AI, joins us to share her perspective on reading, debate volume versus depth, and offer practical ways to reclaim attenti...