The 87% of young people who are functionally illiterate, who do not have the "foundational capacity" to read and comprehend this presentation, can do so by helping each other.

If you are struggling to read this introduction, take your time, stick with it, and help each other in group study.

Study together to master each paragraph before continuing to the next.

Don't be competitive; approach intellectual conversation as a banquet, not as a race.

People will "catch on" with differing amounts of effort for a variety of reasons, so don't be bothered if someone else catches on faster than you do.

As the Desiderata says so beautifully, "Do not compare yourself with others, lest you become vain and bitter, for there will always be persons greater than and less than yourself".

To continue, click [#8] the word "leisurely" after the colon:

Give yourself time for thoughtful reading at a leisurely pace. If you are walking along a crowded city sidewalk and you hear someone near you shout, "He's got a gun!", what would you do?