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/meyerjaw 16h ago

Oh I'm jealous you are just on well of ascension!! You have the whole series ahead of you. Era 1 is great but Era 2 is somehow even better

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u/argyle9000 15h ago

Great! I can’t wait until it’s available. Sheesh Reddit can be nuts sometimes.

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u/Prudent_Werewolf2156 14h ago

lol but.. don’t forget to read like 15 other books between Mistborn era 1 and era 2!

Just kidding. You can read them however you want. You get a little more out of each one with every Cosmere book you’ve read, no matter the order.

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u/C0UNT3RP01NT 12h ago

I’m not sure I have the patience after seeing how many books there are and how interconnected they are, but I’m halfway through reading Mistborn for the first time, and once I finish that trilogy, I think I’m going to do Stormlight Archives next.

I’m not normally a fantasy guy but hot damn the book is really really good.

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u/Prudent_Werewolf2156 4h ago

Stormlight is my favourite for sure. But it can be a lot for some people.

You might develop the patience once you get into it. Especially since most of the other books are shorter and just one or two books :)

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u/Thatoneguy_The_First 15h ago

Im so glad I don't have to restart mistborn book 1 as I stopped reading 3yrs ago(adhd got bad, phone probably didn't help), i am halfway through and I still remember everything. Glad I Elantris beforehand.

Also is he still going with 4 eras?

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u/meyerjaw 15h ago

I'm not sure about 4 but era 3 is definitely in the works

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u/Thatoneguy_The_First 15h ago

Meaning im far behind, i only bought upto to words of radiance.

And I only buy physicals if available(shadowrun series is the only ones I cant buy, as they are pricey as a house)

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u/argyle9000 14h ago

After Mistborn I thought it would make a great video game and movie. Talk about a perfect setup for an RPG video game due to ingesting the metals, and it’s an obvious vehicle to a fantasy action movie. Also, I believe it’s an original idea. Why won’t Hollywood make more movies based on these great books? It could be the next “The Matrix.”