An Existential Crisis

Why when I read articles like this, do I feel they should be shorter? Evidence, perhaps, of what this article asserts:

…the death of critical reading harms the sentient minds of billions. Minds that design, build, regulate, and use technology for good or ill.

Minds that make ethical judgments with global consequences.

Losing the ability to comprehend the world around us and make sense of complex ideas is an existential crisis. (Source: Joan Westenberg, The Death of Critical Thinking Will Kill Us Long Before AI)