Most people aren’t trained to want to face the process of re-understanding a subject they already know. One must obtain not just literacy, but deep involvement and re-understanding.

Shouldn’t writing a book be about creating the best user experience for the reader and honoring the art of story? I’d like to think the latter. We need more art, more stories. Self publishing seems to be a great enabler of this (and the creative class), but damn Amazon, you sure know how to take a great feeling and turn it sour.