(An Aside)Is This Any WayTo Start A Book?
Some of the early reviewers of the manuscript liked the way this book opens, because they thought it drew the reader into the core issues. Others, operating from a different "mental model" (the way we make sense of the world), wanted instead a concise summary of where the book was headed and a diagram showing all the key points we'll be making. Others wanted more of an academic description, relating the discussion to what has been written in this area.
This is probably a good time to point out that your own reaction and experience is probably due as much to the mindset you bring to these pages as to what is written on them. The concept of a "book" is quite different when it refers to an extensively footnoted ...
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