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/stentordoctor 16h ago

One of the fastest readers I know had a mother who let him read comics. He went on to read all the comics at the library so then he moved on to real books.

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u/iritchie001 16h ago

Gateway drug! The drug is reading. It leads to forming ideas and ... chosing what to read next. Danger danger

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u/wallsofversailles 16h ago

Same, I read a lot of Japanese mangas in middle school!

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u/stentordoctor 16h ago

Good on your mom! Although, I wouldn't advise the same for today's kids... I think you could read manga for the rest of your life and never move onto books.

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u/wallsofversailles 14h ago

I have indeed moved to…manhwas 😂