[nixpulvis]

Re: pronouns.

They suggest the use of "you", but I feel pretty good about using "we" in its place quite often.

For example: "we can now see that x is in fact greater than 10" sounds a lot less demanding than "you can now see ...".

I, the author, am also a reader.

[dan-robertson]

I think this construct is quite formal and quite unfamiliar to people who have not read the kind of academic literature where it is common