>> We don’t read assembly because we read the higher level code, which deterministically is compiled to lower level code.

I think the reason "we" don't read, or write, assembly is that it takes a lot of effort and a detailed understanding of computer architecture that are simply not found in the majority of programmers, e.g. those used to working with javascript frameworks on web apps etc.

There are of course many "we" who work with assembly every day: as a for instance, people working with embedded systems, or games programmers as another.