But that’s not the great Gatsby that’s the ok Gatsby
I love that they picked a book that is 90% nuance and symbolism for a tool that destroys nuance and symbolism…it’s like claymation Shakespeare celebrity death match.
Wow it’s like they’re actively trying to make people dumber and not even hiding it anymore
language evolving doesn’t make people dumber
It does if that “evolution” consists of removing large or complex words simply because they’re “too hard”
They aren’t removed because they’re too hard, they’re removed because they’re inconvenient. They are removed when there is a more succinct and/or better understood alternative, for example “evolution” doesn’t have a good alternative to replace it. Memorizing relatively obscure words isn’t intellectual, and as simple building blocks as possible can often better communicate more complex ideas. There’s a reason C is better liked than C++
How is learning a new language being dumber? This is awesome.
Reduce teen literacy levels with this one easy step!!! Teachers hate it!!!
Content/context lost in the “simplification”:
The speaker no longer feels they are in a vulnerable age. The speaker has a more formal relationship with their father. The “something” is specifically advice. The advice can change meaning depending on your perspective of it.
While it’s great as an introduction to a language, it’s NOT the same story. Not to mention, we already have things like SparkNotes from humans who have broken these stories down.
Turn HARD books into EASY books by learning what words mean!
"It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair”.
Becomes… “Things were confusing”
