In a sane world, Bitcoin is Venice would win a Pulitzer Prize. It took me an extraordinarily long time to get through the book because of how dense all the concepts were. It took a while to digest a lot of the content properly. A must read in the knowledge stack. #bookstr 
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It's a big book
Heavy reading. I loved it, but those two are on a level way above me. Greatly appreciated access to their brains.
In the building on the cover, I heard the most beautiful music I have ever experienced.
Heading there next week. I cannot wait.
Not sure if it was above my head or if it's needlessly complex.
Seems to be written for people with economics degrees.
Definitely written by incredibly intelligent people. It took some effort and thinking through to fully grasp a lot of it. I am sure my degenerate fiat capitalism background helped me understand a lot of it.
Amazing book
The forward by Alex was great. The rest was so full of academic speak that it was like getting teeth pulled.
There is nothing in that book that reads like anything in academia. It is the antithesis of academia.
Weird. OK, maybe a bad take since I've never attended college - but I've read nearly a dozen Bitcoin related book and this was the only one that was so torturous to digest that I gave up at chapter 8 - and can't recall anything beyond the forward. ... but hey, whatever, I'm a degenerate.
It’s a very challenging read. I agree with you. It takes an extra level or two of comprehension than a standard book. It requires extra work on the reader’s part to fully take in. That work is well worth it though.