The more of this you understand, the more accurate your mental model of the world, the better you can assess new information as it comes in.

Normies are normies because their mental models are essentially the opposite of someone who has imbibed all of this. They see the world through the lens which the State crafted for them through careful indoctrination at school and later through controlled media narratives.

The way experts become experts at anything is by refining and honing their mental representations, this book explains in more detail: nostr:note1e53r8zuuzh65qqsy5kzv7ka3h28542wxusm90sflakw98kjrkw5spz7skr

So in terms of practicality for you in every day life, think of it like having a 1% information advantage over 99% of people. That 1% might not seem like much, but if you’ve ever seen what compounding does to small numbers then you can understand the benefits as they’ll apply to you.