What the title says, I’m tired of the trope where humans are the least advanced in the universe.
I’d like to read something different where we’re the more advanced ones (not necessarily the most advanced). As an example I quite enjoyed the Ender’s Game sequels and the angle of us being the more advanced ones was quite interesting.
Do you have any recommendations?
It gets even worse later actually, because they encounter some much older races that regard the ones in the “main” galactic civilization with the library and all to be basically children at best. Tho I do recall some tidbit that reveals that our CGI and general image manipulation and similar entertainment technology had become about as advanced as the library has even before first contact, so humans weren’t less advanced in that one mostly insignificant area.
Need to force myself through to the end, the middle just feels so unimaginably boring, while they keep teasing interesting bits just offscreen.
Asshole world building if you ask me.