Yeah, I think you have a point there.

I've had a look at Frankl's "Man's search for meaning" and found it to be written in a style that's out of fashion these days, but was common back then.

I also found it to be written in a pretty "academic" way, I had to do the same gymnastics you've had to perform on Mises, decided to return it.

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Do you guys actually comprehend the books you've read?

Most modern books are easy to read and comprehend. It’s the older books that are difficult. I read the first 1/3rd of von Mises’ The Theory of Money and Credit several years before I discovered Bitcoin. It was very difficult. It seemed like most sentences required that I read it multiple times, and think it through to really understand and follow his train of thought. I then might have to re-read the full paragraph to keep track of where he was going and what he was trying to explain.