Why many young scholars are reluctant to read complex texts

Artificial Intelligence with its ability to summarise texts and even convert books into audio, is reinforcing a culture of shortcut learning. [Courtesy]

There is a troubling shift taking root among many young scholars: the quiet abandonment of serious reading.

Books, journals, and long-form academic texts, once seen as the mark of intellectual depth, are now treated as optional or even irrelevant. At the centre of this shift lies a deeper frustration: the belief that education, especially university education, no longer leads to a meaningful revenue stream.