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?
I think The Expanse, while an amazing series that should be read anyway, doesn’t fit the bill of “humans are more advanced than the aliens”, since the Protomolecule and everything created by the Romans are essentially in the “tech as high level magic” category. Humans can’t even understand the technology, often saying things like, the Protomolecule just changed the laws of physics.