Ask HN: What could possibly happen so people would want to read more?

1•jstummbillig•2h ago

We now have IG/TikTok/YT Shorts. First it was mails instead of letter, text/fb instead of mails, then images, then videos, now shorter videos. We might also fill in for the other senses, not sure, but then that's the end of the line.

There is no reason to assume that things will change direction, unless there is some force that makes it so. I am trying to think of a scenario where people would do more of something archaic like reading in the future, than they do now.

What could that be? I can't come up with anything. Does it matter? Can we be fine without reading?

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carlosjobim•2h ago

Once AI is capable of producing any kind of video content imaginable, it also becomes completely uninteresting. Along with all moving pictures fiction. Then people will prefer to explore their own imagination and perhaps even real life.

akulbe•2h ago

No, we cannot be fine without reading. That's my strong opinion.

I think AI is definitely a tool, but if we outsource all of our thinking, I think that it will become detrimental to our existence, that we certainly would not thrive from doing so.

Reading is one of the primary ways we learn, and engage our minds.

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