This is a great comment. I expect it only applies to some folks depending on how they learn, but it resonates a lot with me. I find it very difficult to learn

This is a great comment. I expect it only applies to some folks depending on how they learn, but it resonates a lot with me. I find it very difficult to learn the whats and hows of a new thing without the whys. I tend to construct mental frameworks of things, revising the inaccurate bits as I go, until theory starts meeting practice. (I always did poorly with math "teachers" whose method was, "doesn't matter, just do it." But it did take a while to realize that they were failing, not me.) So when I encounter complicated, new things with a history, I usually try to start with at least a bit of the history.