Oh, I'm with you regarding technical reading being a good way to fall asleep! But reading someone else's train of thought is a different way to engage the brain

Oh, I'm with you regarding technical reading being a good way to fall asleep! But reading someone else's train of thought is a different way to engage the brain than trying to figure out a mathematical proof on your own - that's a lot more like what pondering over programming problems would be like for us I think