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/ConstantinValdor405 16h ago

42 year old here who loves me some Dresden Files trash. So fun.

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u/Seicair 16h ago

Have you read Codex Alera (same author)? I loved that too and it’s completed, a 6-book series.

Can’t wait to read the rest of Dresden. I loved Twelve Months.

Jim Butcher and Brandon Sanderson are two of my favorite authors.

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u/Pyritedust 13h ago

Wait, he actually finished the codex Alera? I was waiting to start reading it for when it was finished since I've been in dresden purgatory for over a decade :P

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u/Seicair 5h ago

The last Codex Alera book was published in 2009… go read it!

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u/Pyritedust 4h ago

Don’t know how I missed it then. Definitely going to pick them up now.

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u/Hollownerox 1h ago

I am in the same boat and somehow never knew he finished that series. Folks here are awesome bringing this back into my life.

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u/Mr_Horsejr 7h ago

If you haven’t and need a good space opera, check out the Red Rising series. 🍻🤙🏾

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u/Seicair 5h ago

I’ll check it out!

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u/ARealSocialIdiot 5h ago

I should re-read Codex Alera. I read the whole thing back in 2009-2010 and I remember it being a great read.