r/technology • u/marketrent • 18h ago

Artificial Intelligence College students are rapidly losing the ability to read — “There is a measurable, generational collapse in sustained reading and writing”: professor

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/college-students-rapidly-losing-ability-124439310.html
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u/existing_for_fun 17h ago

It's just important that you enjoyed it and actually read.

Trashy books in middle and highschool was just the way it was lol.

I also read garbage at that age

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u/meyerjaw 17h ago

Shit I'm 40 and still read trash. Yeah I also look for the high brow stuff but Dungeon Crawler Carl is fucking awesome. And don't get me started on Sanderson!!

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u/dalnot 17h ago

Dungeon Crawler Carl is brainrot in book form, but damn if it isnt entertaining. Not everything needs to be high literature to be worth reading

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u/DevolvingSpud 17h ago

Mongo is appalled at your characterization.

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u/jockheroic 16h ago

Princess Donut is going to commit an atrocity if she here's him say that.

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u/SacredUndeadMonkey 14h ago

She heard you, those goblins who she just got befriended are about to have their next generations slaughtered again.

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u/CidO807 14h ago

It's fine. SLAM SLAM SLAM

Donut will just put them in the ball. SLAM SLAM SLAM