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Don't be too elitist. How many who posted a comment on HN right now actually have the education to comprehend the book? I'm pretty sure it's no higher percentage than that of the general population and yet here you all are commenting on it as if you know what you're talking about.

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I didn't say it requires such an education; I said it was intended for those people.

Anyone can read it, really, it's just going to be a slog for most people. Like reading some famous philosophy books (Sartre or the big name German philosophers comes to mind); it's not that anyone lacks requisites to read those book,s just that they're a slog without.

Sartre sits on my shelf unread for that reason; I imagine C21 sits on a lot of shelves for the same reason.

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