The more you understand a topic, the better able you are able to understand new insights into that topic. Knowledge builds on knowledge so long as you have a strong foundation of the basics from which to draw upon. 

The more you understand a topic on Cake, the more likely you are to read another conversation on that topic. So as a moderator and content creator, it's to my advantage to turn you into an amazing reader on as many topics as possible. That’s why you may have noticed the addition of a Further reading section at the end of my posts. What you’ll find in those links is curated content to broaden and deepen your knowledge of the topic discussed. Hopefully, you’ll be able to gain a deeper interest in the topic, or at least a more enjoyable reading experience.

Further reading

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr

The Shallows"Is Google making us stupid?" When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well...www.goodreads.com

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Becoming a Badass at UXI've been re-reading Kathy Sierra's seminal work on designing the user experience. The book is not about users becoming an expert on your product. Why, you ask? Because no one buys a camera to ...cake.co

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That could actually be a cool feature for Cake to have natively.

Stephen,

On June 4th, you posted a question about expertise and I wrote a silly joke in response.

You then suggested that I had expertise but I explained why i am not.

As it happened, I went that day (I think it was the same day) to look for a new wallet.

While waiting for the cashier, I saw a book on the store's book rack that was theological in nature although designed for the general adult reading level. I read enough while waiting in line to know that while I would like to read part of it, it was not something I would like to add to my own book shelf. (Shelves, actually.)

But I put in an ILL request and today I picked it up from the library.

So, that isn't the kind of reading that one can link to electronically but it was most likely our conversation that made me sufficiently interested to pick it up.

It has a chapter on one of the biggest villains in theology, Augustine of Hippo. I'm looking forward to reading that chapter.