Yes, Pearl's Causality is pretty dense. The trick to reading any research monograph is to realize that you're not supposed to read all of it, nor are you necess

Yes, Pearl's Causality is pretty dense. The trick to reading any research monograph is to realize that you're not supposed to read all of it, nor are you necessarily supposed to read it front-to-back. Once you realize that, Pearl's Causality is actually very accessible -- read the introduction to each chapter, read the text sections in that chapter that look interesting, and study the mathy parts that you find relevant.