I'll keep that in mind because I actually prefer learning from books. What's really interesting is that the rules of the system come from nature itself. So by knowing how a computer system works from the point at which its components interact with the physical world to how the software works would give you some kind of technical mastery that has to be good for something.
It's called "The Art..." for a reason, it should maybe called "The Black Art..." - robustness of the kind required for real world use by arbitrary punters is surprisingly hard to achieve, there are lots of tricks and traps that you need to become aware of.