Long reads
It's sad that a category called long reads exists for blog posts. I'd think something like Finnegans Wake qualifies to be a long read but people don't appear to consume even articles. Heck, even I balk at something that extends beyond a few pages.
While the number of tokens LLMs process are increasing, it appears the same is reducing in people, what with small sentences, tweets, hashtags, smaller words, ever-reducing vocabulary, lack of variety and colour in language, increasing nonsense like rizz and delulu, and more generally, reduced attention.
People want insights, easily digestible nuggets of wisdom, information-dense bullet points and sterile LLM-summaries. The art of using fitting words and flowery language to paint a picture might soon be lost on the next few generations.
Perhaps it's just in keeping with ceremonial tradition that we lament the state of future generations, much like our ancestors.
Published 28 Sep, 2025.
Last edited 2 weeks, 6 days ago.