Beneficial]” does not mean “[You can find it if you look for it.

  • It’s one thing to say “X is useful” and quite another to say “if you look for X, you’ll find it.”
  • The feeling that it shouldn’t have fallen in an obvious place.

If X were beneficial, and we were all convinced that it was beneficial, and it was easy to find if you looked for it, then everyone would already have X.

  • in other words
    • Does not appear to be beneficial to most people
    • It’s not easy to find.
  • It is one of these two

Does not appear to be beneficial to most people - Find value in it while others think it’s worthless. - Take a position before others see the value.

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