Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading.

They’ll read it and despite all the information being there, if it’s even slightly out of line from the most straightforward sentence structure, they act like it’s complete gibberish or indecipherable.

Has anyone else noticed this? Because honestly it’s making me lose my fucking mind.

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    241 year ago

    Yeah, I literally began typing this response before finishing your post.

    It’s like with increased information we’ve learned to scan for relevance a lot better, but at the expense of overall comprehension.

    Like it gets us by, and gets us through the excess in time.

    But, when emotions fly? It’s getting volatile.

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      121 year ago

      Massively! I used to read loads of books now I struggle to get through them at all.

      I find it easier to listen to a podcast and scan the internet barely taking any information in from either. I have to really concentrate to do either now. I am working at it. Treating reading articles/podcasts as more of a hobby where I try dedicate some time to it where that’s my only focus.