Jennifer Horgan: When we stop reading, we limit our understanding of others

Reading, entering another person's world, can help to counter the one-dimensional view of the world we are fed by algorithms 

As in America, Irish boys and men are not reading anymore – and that’s a worry. File photo

America has gone to the dogs – certainly if recent events at the Ryder Cup are anything to go by.

America has also stopped reading. I’m not arguing causation here, but I find it interesting that rates and standards of reading have dipped there – significantly so.