Researcher laments: paper progress narrowing, reading enthusiasm wanes
sarahookr · x · 2026-08-16
A researcher notes that they used to read papers every Saturday but now force themselves to read bookmarked ones, partly due to fewer cutting-edge publications and narrowing progress, making most papers repetitive and boring.
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