I plowed my way through about two thirds of it. Lots of interesting stuff, but I finally gave up because it seemed just too self-involved and self-referential.

I plowed my way through about two thirds of it. Lots of interesting stuff, but I finally gave up because it seemed just too self-involved and self-referential. Building up this enormous edifice, just to be able to say "Hey! Check out my edifice!" I guess I'm just too much of an applied engineering kinda guy.