The idea being that, there are some mental tools that people have of either have or don't; and books that explain how to acquire these tools can be life-changing for people who didn't have them, and incredibly banal and boring for people who already had the tools.
I feel very much in the second category when it comes to this article.
(Also, it feels like the article would have benefited a lot from being closer to SlateStarCodex's writing style; it gets way too abstract at times)
The idea being that, there are some mental tools that people have of either have or don't; and books that explain how to acquire these tools can be life-changing for people who didn't have them, and incredibly banal and boring for people who already had the tools.
I feel very much in the second category when it comes to this article.
(Also, it feels like the article would have benefited a lot from being closer to SlateStarCodex's writing style; it gets way too abstract at times)