Even if you’re not from the streets (and given how diverse my audience has become, there’s a good chance you’re not), you’ve still made an important step just by picking this book up. These days a lot of folks have replaced reading with clicking. They’ll skim the surface of a topic—maybe watch a short video, maybe read a Wikipedia page—and feel like they’ve put in work. Sorry, but a few clicks or scrolls just aren’t enough. I’ve found that you need to learn about multiple examples and read about multiple scenarios before certain principles start to sink in.
