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Most people don't read carefully or for comprehension
- 082349872349872 3y agoIs it any less tenable to claim "most people don't [do anything] carefully or for comprehension"? (in a world with ai augmentation, is it better to be an eloi or a morlock? should care and comprehension be taken care of by better tooling? or will there be advantage to being among the few who can spot when the tools hallucinate?)
- keikobadthebad 3y agoYes people won't treat authors' wordy, closely-spaced, huge paras of small type with the reverence they think they deserve. They will dip a toe and skim and if they don't encounter a hook in short order, close the tab. Which was the fate of this guy's wall-of-text.
- Arnt 3y agoThe author's point seems to be different in a minor, yet crucial point. You mention "won't", he focuses on "can't" and perhaps the lacking ability is due to a series of wonts. I agree that a lot of people won't, won't, won't, and I also agree that they eventually can't even when the ability matters.
- 082349872349872 3y agoThose who won't read walls of text would be well advised to retain someone who will, whenever they sign an important contract.
- elzbardico 3y agoCan this be related to the known decrease in IQ levels in the last decades?
- cratermoon 3y agoI gather some folks didn't read the essay closely enough to comprehend what the author was getting at in mentioning Derek Zoolander and writing, "Most students aren’t stupid, but I think many haven’t been effectively challenged or trained."