I also took issue with this point. One does not become an author without first learning how to read. The usefulness of reading has not diminished once you publi

I also took issue with this point. One does not become an author without first learning how to read. The usefulness of reading has not diminished once you publish a book. You must learn how known exploits work to be able to discover unknown exploits. When the known exploits are patched, your knowledge of how they occurred has not diminished. You may not be able to use them anymore, but surely that was not the goal in learning them.