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This neuroscientist is going a little viral with a post about all the benefits of reading. Makes me happy, but it’s also scary that people are becoming functionally illiterate.

403 upvotes, 15 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in Book Club. "This neuroscientist is going a little viral with a post about all the benefits of reading. Makes me happy, but it’s also scary that people are becoming functionally illiterate."

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Anonymous 21h

On the other hand, literate societies don’t account for the richness of oral traditions. The Nabati bedouins for example may not know how to read at all, but you’ll have a number of them who know over 60,000 poetic verses and their compendium is ever-growing. Others know at least thousands. I’m a big book supporter though just figured I’d drop another fun fact that caught my interest on this topic recently

Anonymous 21h

There’s a large group of people who want you to think reading isn’t “cool” therefore you’re a loser if you do read

Anonymous 21h

If you want to read (and learn) you’re a lot harder to manipulate and control

Anonymous 18h

What’s kinda killing reading is schools are cutting funds for the school libraries and arnt replacing old textbooks, instead some teachers that are willing to are having to use their own personal money to rent a digital version. I’ve had a few teachers and professors even result to pirating online textbooks and sharing screenshots of them with the class

Anonymous 9h

50% of Americans read at or below a 6th grade level (11 or 12 years old). The advent of AI will be devastating to that number, kids today are genuinely so cooked.

Anonymous 21h

Turns out it really was that damn phone 😞

Anonymous 18h

When I was in grade school no one read (didn’t help the school refused to replaced the literally falling apart books and textbooks), students would refuse to do their summer reading or read in class. Teachers got tired of having to force students to read to the whole class. Eventually the school gave in and changed all grades 8-12 to audiobooks. 3 out of 25 students (high school seniors) were the only ones not sleeping through our audiobook readings

Anonymous

#2 21h

Yep. People should read books on logic, propaganda, and psychology as a sort of defense against the dark arts basics program

Anonymous

#3 21h

I read on my phone a lot lmao, is it the best experience? No. But it is convenient

Anonymous

#2 20h

It’s all projection, of course.

Anonymous

#4 18h

I think audiobooks are really useful, especially for anyone who struggles to concentrate on a book. Having my course readings read aloud really helped me get through course content and retain information I needed to succeed. But in order for audiobooks to be helpful, the person has to want to shift their focus from reading comprehension to listening comprehension, and ultimately it comes down to if you don’t want to do either, of course you’re not going to get anything out of it.

Anonymous

#2 17h

Yea having an audiobook play as you read is really helpful, my friend with dyslexia does it all the time cause he still wants to read but struggles with it

Anonymous

#4 13h

There are some studies that show audiobooks fire up the same part of the brain as reading (I’m being super basic here), so it’s a great option if eyeball reading isn’t working.

Anonymous

#4 12h

And some districts are telling teachers they can’t have their own curated library in the classroom because the books might not be “approves.” All these book ban nuts are taking so much from kids. It’s sad

Anonymous

OP 12h

It’s terrible, I do kinda also see where they’re coming from though, my 6th grade teacher used to teach high school and accidentally included multiple books and comics with mature themes or nudity in her classroom library (she never got caught though cause barely anyone read from her horror or fantasy shelves)