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I have the full set, but sadly I’ve just never bothered to do more than skim a few pages.

At one point I thought, maybe if I read just one page a day I can digest I’ll eventually finish it all some day, but sadly it will take more commitment than that.

Also, I’m not really sure what the benefit will be in the end or what difference it will make to my life.




>Also, I’m not really sure what the benefit will be in the end or what difference it will make to my life.

The same can be said for any book.

If you read them, they will benefit your life immensely imho.


Yes, but the advantage other books have is more people have read them and given their reviews on how it has helped them.

So few people have read TAOCP that there's not really much information out there about how it benefits them, if at all. The problem with books that go very deep into niche topics is you might never find something that relates to that topic in your actual life in some meaningful way.




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