One of the key details I like in this essay is that these people Yegge is referring to are experienced. That implies that for 95% of us, this is something we c

One of the key details I like in this essay is that these people Yegge is referring to are experienced. That implies that for 95% of us, this is something we can still aspire to be someday. ("Every once in a very rare while you'll get a recent college grad in this category, but I think more often they tend to be experienced enough to make Gandalf feel young again.") (Incidentally, Yegge has probably done more to advance the art of speed-reading among programmers than any other single individual. Not that there's anything wrong with that.)