An Interesting Trend

I've always been an avid reader. From when I learned to read all the way through to today, reading has always been a leisure activity that I put plenty of time into. Recently though, I have noticed something peculiar about my reading trends.
Through most of my childhood, I was a strong advocate of fiction. The ability to lose myself in another world fascinated me, and I consumed stories as fast as I could. The only significant non-fiction book I remember reading as a kid was a book about Shackleton, and that is such a fantastic story as to practically be fiction. On top of that, I always had a bit of a competitive attitude in that I would try to read the longest book I could. Not that I would go out of my way to complete a story I didn't like for the sake of bragging rights, but it always felt extra special if the book I had just finished was particularly long.
Neither of those statements hold true anymore. Recently, I haven't read a fiction book in years, and most of the reading I do day-to-day is very brief. For the most part, I've been reading blogs and journalism. My main source for this is actually my Twitter feed, where I follow organizations like Forbes Magazine, and people like Erik Kain or John Walker. Most of what I read on these sites involves happenings in the world, whether that's a political event, a new piece of tech, or a new video game and people's personal reactions to these happenings. I am fascinated now less by immersing myself in another world than I am by understanding this world and how people react to it. My interest in Psychology has replaced my interest in fantasy.
In fact, I recently picked up a fiction book I just bought from More Than Words bookstore in Boston during a sale they had where every book was a dollar, and I found that I simply could not read it. The book is "The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Atwood. Within several pages, there was intrigue, personal conflict, and mystery and I thought to myself "I don't need this". As a 17 year old trying to figure out how my own world and my own personal relationships work, the idea of immersing myself in someone else's problems is just not at all appealing.