i like to read.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Reading is a complex \"cognitive process\" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension). Reading is a means of language acquisition, communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader\u2019s prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. In addition, reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature make ventures with each piece, innately deviating from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is such a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather allows readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation. Readers use a variety of reading strategies to assist with decoding (to translate symbols into sounds or visual representations of speech) and comprehension.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I like to read. How about you?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah, me too. Have you read any good books this summer ?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I went back and re-read Twenty Thousand LEagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne :=) Reading is a complex process of decoding symbols to construvt and derive meaning"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Now that's a reader ! I remember the movie, but it was a long time ago."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Ah, the books are so much better. Which, honestly, is usually the case lol. Reading, in of itself, is a means of language acquisition and sharing ideas as well as information"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I agree, they are almost always better. I like nonfiction, sci fi, educational books."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Similar to me, then. Reading requires continuous practice and refinement so it's important to keep reading different types of books"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, Being able to read helps you learn different ways of thinking and gives you  other perspectives too."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Reading requires creativity and critical analysis....so in addition to reading different types it's also important to challenge yourself. Unfortunatly most people tend to live in what I affectionatly refer to as 'bubble lives'"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I guess there is a tendency to stick with what you know and like. "}]