Is the decline of reading making politics dumber?
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This hits Brian's sweet spot of AI/automation trends plus developer productivity concerns. As someone building AI-powered dev workflows, he'd likely have strong opinions about whether we're losing important cognitive skills or just adapting to new tools. The data about declining reading complexity could spark thoughts about code complexity, technical documentation, and how AI is changing how we process information.
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AI/agents/future of software work - Primary connection Engineering craft/architecture/productivity - Secondary Personal finance/risk/long-term planning - Tertiary (skills/career implications)
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"Are We Dumbing Down Code Like We're Dumbing Down Books?"
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"The GitHub Copilot Generation Can't Read Legacy Code"
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"AI Tools Are Making Me a Worse Reader (And That's Probably Fine)"
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"The Nuance Problem: Why Simple Code Isn't Always Good Code"
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Key Quotes
40% of Britons had not read or listened to any books in 2024
Sentences in popular books have contracted by almost a third since the 1930s
Lose the ability to read complex prose and you may lose the ability to develop complex ideas
Students struggle to get through one novel in three weeks
No habits of application and concentration
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#ai-agents
#developer-productivity
#engineering-career
#complexity
#attention-span
#legacy-systems
#learning