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MrBeast
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MrBeast, one of the world's biggest YouTubers, has posted a video in which he rediscovers and explores the Minecraft world he created 13 years ago. The video, released under his gaming channel, quickly drew tens of millions of likes as fans reacted with nostalgia to seeing the early builds and memories from the game that launched many online careers.
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A widely viewed essay titled 'Mr Beast and the Death of literature' is drawing large engagement, arguing that the YouTube star's style of entertainment reflects and accelerates a decline in serious reading and literary culture. Commenters are debating whether attention economy content really threatens books, or whether the essay overstates a familiar moral panic about new media.